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Out of time in 2012?

Source: The Guardian

Oct 13, 2009

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With disaster film 2012 set for release, blogosphere is alive with warnings of apocalypse, but Maya experts say prediction is tosh

The ancient Maya calendar is about to "run out" but you should pause before partying like there's no tomorrow: rumours of apocalypse have been exaggerated.

Astrologers, Hollywood, internet sites and TV documentaries have embraced the idea of doomsday on 21 December 2012 based on the end of a great cycle of time calculated by central America's bygone civilisation.

The Maya measured time in baktuns, which lasted approximately 400 years. The run-up to Christmas 2012 marks the end of the 13th baktun, a period spanning about 5,125 years dating from 3114 BC, the start of the Maya "long count" calendar. Thirteen was a sacred number for the Maya.

Cue Armageddon. Next month the film 2012, directed by Roland Emmerich, will bring earthquakes, tsunamis and meteor showers to the big screen. The History Channel and other TV networks are already running documentaries about humanity's looming date with oblivion. The blogosphere is humming with warnin

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