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Bookmark or Share- December 21, 2012 - HISTORYFor years there was speculation that on December 21, 2012, the world as we know it would end. Some predicted that we’d be wiped out by a natural disaster like a giant tidal wave, an...
- Neither the Maya Calendar--nor the World--Ends on December 21, 2012If you have not been paying attention to doomsayers or John Cusack movies, December 21, 2012, is the day that many say the Maya predicted the world would end.
- The Meaning of 2012 | Living Maya Time - Smithsonian InstitutionDecember 21, 2012 marks the end of an important cycle in the Maya Long Count calendar. This cycle is composed of 13 periods, called baktun, of 144,000 days each. This 13-baktun cycle began on the Long Count calendar date 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk’u, and spans 5,125.366 solar years.
- December 21, 2012: The End of The World! - History and HeadlinesOn December 21, 2012, people across the globe waited for the end of the world! Of course, we know the world did not end then, but why did so many people think it would? Digging deeper, we find the roots of this “prophecy” in the Mayan calendar.
- What Actually Happened on December 21 2012? - Reality SandwichOtherwise known as the end of the Thirteen Baktun cycle in the Mayan long count, December 21, 2012, came and went like any other day. Or did it?
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