According to the Ancient Maya who were adept in mathematics and astronomy, the world will come to an end on the winter solstice of 21 December 2012.
The Mayan glyphs were in use until after the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th-century and their meaning was not completely fully understood until fairly recent times. The Long Count Calendar began in 3,114 BC, the day on which the Maya believed the world was created, and its Doomsday prophecy has long been debated by scholars, some of who, merely believe that it signals the start of a new cyclical era in Mayan time.
Nonetheless, some advocates of the Long Count Calendar point to increased solar activity and polar realignments that the Earth is heading for some form of catastrophe next year. Others feel that we are heading for a spiritual rebirth for mankind.
The doomsday scenario has, however, been given some publicity this morning by the news that George Lucas, of Star Wars fame, recently told actor Seth Rogen and director Steven Spielberg that be believed the world would actually end on 21 December next year.
Now whether George Lucas has knowledge that the rest of us do not, ought we to be making hay while the sun shines?
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The Mayan glyphs were in use until after the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th-century and their meaning was not completely fully understood until fairly recent times. The Long Count Calendar began in 3,114 BC, the day on which the Maya believed the world was created, and its Doomsday prophecy has long been debated by scholars, some of who, merely believe that it signals the start of a new cyclical era in Mayan time.
Nonetheless, some advocates of the Long Count Calendar point to increased solar activity and polar realignments that the Earth is heading for some form of catastrophe next year. Others feel that we are heading for a spiritual rebirth for mankind.
The doomsday scenario has, however, been given some publicity this morning by the news that George Lucas, of Star Wars fame, recently told actor Seth Rogen and director Steven Spielberg that be believed the world would actually end on 21 December next year.
Now whether George Lucas has knowledge that the rest of us do not, ought we to be making hay while the sun shines?
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