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With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that as the end of the world. But how does the Mayan …Mother Nature Network · 1 day ago
If that word sounds familiar, it's because Dec. 21, 2012, on our calendar marks the end of the 13th b'ak'tun of the Mayan Long Count Calendar. In other words, it's the day the count will read 13.0.0.0.0. On Dec. 22, it will read 13.0.0.0.1. Each ...FOX News · ByStephanie Pappas · 12/19/2012
The Mayan apocalypse may have been a bust, but a century-old understanding of the calendar that spawned the doomsday rumors appears to be right on. In a new study, scientists used modern methods to double-check the match between the Mayan Long …Mother Nature Network · 4/12/2013
With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that as the end of the world. But how does the Mayan ...CBS News · ByStephanie Pappas · 12/19/2012
The Mayan calendar and the myth of doomsday. If you are prone to superstition, 2012 provides a wealth of apocalyptic fears and calamitous end-of-day scenarios, starting with the ever-popular end-of-the-world Mayan doomsday. Some have argued that ...The Huffington Post · 12/20/2012
This silkscreen shows dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar and a sacred calendar called the Tzolk'in. The silkscreen is based on carvings found in Quirigua, Guatemala. The Mayan apocalypse may have been a bust, but a century-old understanding of the ...LiveScience · ByStephanie Pappas · 4/11/2013
Carbon-dating of a structural beam from a Guatemalan temple confirms that the Mayan Long Count calendar did end on December 2012, leaving no room for further doomsday prophecies and miscalculations claims. The Long Count is a complex system of …Discovery · 4/16/2013
So what is it that makes the Maya so special? For one, the Mayan civilization was the only pre-Columbian American civilization known to have a fully developed written system of math and language. They were extremely advanced in certain ways, especially ...International Business Times · ByEric Brown · 12/20/2012
(CBS News) It's Dec. 21, the last day of the Mayan calendar. Since this writing, the world hasn't ended. However, some people will keep worrying until they wake up safe and sound tomorrow morning. All this year, doomsayers have been saying, in ...CBS News · 12/20/2012
PARIS: Carbon dating of an ancient beam from a Guatemalan temple may help end a century-long debate about the Mayan calendar, anthropologists said on Thursday. Experts have long wrangled over how the Mayan calendar -- which leapt to global …Channel NewsAsia · 4/11/2013
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