Posted on 05/10/2012 5:25:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Archeologists have unearthed what they say is the oldest known version of the Mayan calendar and one that doesn't "end" with the Earth's destruction later this year. Yeah, you're welcome.
According to The Washington Post's Brian Vastag, researchers excavating the "lost" city of Xultún in present-day Guatemala discovered new astronomical tables carved into the wall of a "1200-year-old residential building." Much like the Maya codices that conspiracy theorists say predict an end-of-the-world date in December 2012, the tables chart planetary movements, moon and star patterns, and can predict the positions of celestial bodies thousands of years into the past and the future.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlanticwire.com ...
Daybreaker!
:-)
Crap, I just ran up huge charges on my credit card.
So Cubs fans, there’s still hope.
This is hilarious! Thanks for posting it.
lol- some people have all the luck
And there goes an entire industry down the tubes.
Obamacare truly begins January 1st, yes?
Doomed...
In the Mayan calendar, there are no Leap Years or Leap Days, so their 2012 ended a number of years ago.
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