![Portion of lunar table, Structure 10K-2, Xultun, Guatemala. [Image by W. Saturno, drawing by D. Stuart]](/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/images/news/F2.medium.gif?itok=NChbS1lt)
Portion of lunar table, Structure 10K-2, Xultun, Guatemala. [Image by W. Saturno, drawing by D. Stuart]
A paper coauthored by 51Թ professor Tony Aveni and published today in might put a damper on any plans by Hollywood to capitalize on theories about the world coming to an end in 2012.
The and excavation of a home in Xultún, Guatemala, and a “wall painting accompanied by a numerical table and a series of long numbers that appear to have functioned like those found in astronomical tables in the codices discovered the earliest known Mayan calendar.”
Portion of a lunar table, Structure 10K-2, from Xultun, Guatemala. (Image by W. Saturno, drawing by D. Stuart)
In a discussion about the paper, explained that the new calendar offers no hint that the world’s end is imminent – this is just the beginning of another cycle.
“It’s like the odometer of a car, with the Maya calendar rolling over from the 120,000s to 130,000. The car gets a step closer to the junkyard as the numbers turn over; the Maya just start over,” he said.
Will this reported stop the end-of-the-world conspiracies and any future Hollywood movies like ?
We’ll keep you posted. Especially on Dec. 22, 2012. Your turn: what do you think of all the Mayan 2012 news?