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Mayan Apocalypse Countdown: 1 Month ‘Til Doom

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:29
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Mayan Apocalypse Countdown: 1 Month ‘Til Doom

 

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Date: 21 November 2012 Time: 07:19 AM ET

Maya sun god temple carving
A tracing of an artistic representation of the Maya sun god found on the north side of the Diablo Pyramid at El Zotz, an archaeological site in Guatemala.
CREDIT: Stephen Houston 

Are you ready for the end? Or perhaps a new beginning?

Either way, buckle up, because today marks the one-month countdown until the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse, set for Dec. 21. That date corresponds to the end of the 13th b’ak’tun, or 144,000-day cycle, on the Maya Long Count calendar, marking a full cycle of creation, according to the ancient Maya.

This milestone has triggered both fear and excitement in some subcultures, particularly online. Some believers see the day as a true doomsday, when the Earth will be destroyed in a planetary collision or other major disaster. Others see it as a day marking a new dawn of peace and unity.

 

 

All of this excitement stems from two ancient texts found in Central America and dating back to the heydays of the Mayan Empire. One calendar inscription was found on a monument made around A.D. 669 in Tortuguero, Mexico, and refers to the coming of a god associated with cycle changes on the Dec. 21 date. (Of course, since December is an invention of western calendars, they didn’t use quite those terms.) [Doom & Gloom: Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Worlds]

A second inscription, unearthed this year in Guatemala, refers to a struggling king who called himself the “13 k’atun lord,” an effort to tie himself to the 13th b’ak’tun of Dec. 21, 2012. This was likely a public relations move designed to shore up support after the king suffered a crippling defeat in battle a few years before.

In neither text were apocalyptic predictions made. But when westerners caught wind of the Mayan calendar, they mixed in their own end-of-the-world mythology, much of it stemming from Christianity, and created a new legend, according to University of Kansas Maya scholar John Hoopes.

 

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