Ancient Americas: Debunking The Maya Apocalypse
The Ancients
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The Mya Calendar and the End of the World
The Maya were not obsessed with apocalypse, but maybe they might have wondered about what was going to happen in 2012. For them, these huge expanses of time were not about endings, they were about beginnings,. They were about persistence and continuity, not about destruction and the end. And I think if they were to come forward in our imaginary time machine, they would be surprised at how obsessed we are with the end of the world. That's rooted in Judeo-Christian culture.
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