he Mayas performed the "New Fire" ceremony at a park in Mexico City, but complained they have been barred by authorities from performing rituals at their ancestral temples in the Maya region.
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Ancient Maya reference to 2012 involved politics, not prophecy... “This text talks about ancient political history rather than prophecy,” says excavation codirector Marcello Canuto of Tulane University in New Orleans. “In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability rather than to predict apocalypse.” More on MAYAN CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar 
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Painted tables may be ancient equivalent of office whiteboards. Articles about MAYAS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=maya
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"For the first time we get to see what may be actual records kept by a scribe, whose job was to be official record keeper of a Maya community," Saturno said. "It's like an episode of TV's 'Big Bang Theory,' a geek math problem and they're painting it on the wall. They seem to be using it like a blackboard." The project scientists say that despite popular belief, there is no sign that the Maya calendar -- or the world -- was to end in the year 2012, just one of its calendar cycles. "
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Armageddon is upon us, according to...a surprising number of people!
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Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic finds in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala. Articles about MAYA CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar
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May 10, 2012 — Researchers have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Maya mural and calendar markings that add perspective on Maya thinking.
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Nibiru has been linked to NASA, and is also sometimes referred to or confused with Planet X, another supposed world for which there is no evidence.
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