"There is no prophecy for 2012. It is a marketing fallacy," Erik Velasquez, etchings specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Reuters.

Mexico's National Institute for Anthropological History has also tried to counter speculation that the Mayans predicted a catastrophic event for 2012.

Originally posted by Maxmars
I found an interesting pattern on this source.... please consider this ....

Preface: I am aware that the concept of an apocalyptic association with the Mayan calendar is a notion superimposed on the calendar by western believers in a generalized upcoming earth-shattering event (metaphorically or otherwise.) It was never an explicit construct within Mayan mythos. Western media has made good use of the ease with which such things can be sensationalized.

To the point:

The article used for the source of this OP is legitimate... but used all too frequently I am afraid, as the message is being very nearly proselytized by repetition .....

Published On Thu Dec 01 2011
Mayan tablet decoding rules out 2012 apocalypse <---- source article

POSTED: 10/10/2009 10:45:18 AM MDT
UPDATED: 10/10/2009 03:58:34 PM MDT
Next apocalypse? Mayan year 2012 stirs doomsayers

October 12, 2009 10:01 AM
Mayan Elder Tired of 2012 Queries

Published October 11, 2009
Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Doomsday Theories

Sun Oct 11, 3:58 am ET
2012 isn't the end of the world, Mayans insist

updated 10/10/2009 10:34:20 PM ET
Even the Maya are getting sick of 2012 hype

Do you know what ALL these articles have in common... they were all submitted by Mark Stevenson via the Associated Press (AP)... they all say roughly the same thing, and rely on the same sources for content.

I would say that Mr. Stevenson has gotten some significant mileage out of this piece wouldn't you?

In his defense there is another of his pieces which will no doubt be recycled as much as the original ...

Updated 04:37 a.m., Friday, November 25, 2011
Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012

I can't help but wonder why Mr. Stevenson seems to be the AP's clarion contributor on the topic.... and why he doesn't actually investigate the matter... as opposed to what he seems to be doing... recycling old material and the same sources ... seemingly sending the same message all over the world... over and over....

edit on 1-12-2011 by Maxmars because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by satron

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I would like to point out that there is no one "Mayan Calendar." There were a number of calendars. The three most important were the Haab, the Tzolkin, and the Long Count. The Haab was a 365-day calendar used for planting that was based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The Tzolkin was a 260-day calendar that was used to determine the date for rituals and ceremonies. Together these created the Calendar Round. The Long Count, which is where the 2012 date comes from, is merely a count of days from a mythical creation date; usually August 11, 3114 BCE. However, there are Long Counts that extend to long before this date, just as there are Long Counts that extend far beyond the December 21, 2012 date.