What is Kʼatun?

A Kʼatun is like a big chunk of time, kind of like how we count days on a calendar, but much bigger.

Imagine you have a giant toy box that holds 13 special blocks. Each block represents one year. When you fill the whole box up with all 13 blocks, that’s a Kʼatun, it means 13 years have passed!

Think about your birthday, every year you get older by one. A Kʼatun is like having 13 birthdays in a row! It's a way of counting time that was used long ago, especially by the people who lived in what we now call Mexico and Guatemala.

Sometimes, people would use a Kʼatun to keep track of important events, kind of like how we might count down to a big party or vacation. It’s just a special way of saying “a lot of time has gone by!”A Kʼatun is like a big chunk of time, kind of like how we count days on a calendar, but much bigger.

Imagine you have a giant toy box that holds 13 special blocks. Each block represents one year. When you fill the whole box up with all 13 blocks, that’s a Kʼatun, it means 13 years have passed!

Think about your birthday, every year you get older by one. A Kʼatun is like having 13 birthdays in a row! It's a way of counting time that was used long ago, especially by the people who lived in what we now call Mexico and Guatemala.

Sometimes, people would use a Kʼatun to keep track of important events, kind of like how we might count down to a big party or vacation. It’s just a special way of saying “a lot of time has gone by!”