Mayans

In case you’ve somehow missed all the hype over the past few years, December 21, 2012 marks the last day of the 13th b’ak’tun according to the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. And since the Mayans believed the previous world ended…

In case you haven’t heard, the world is supposed to end at midnight on December 21—this year.
At least, that’s according to some popularized interpretations of what the Mayans said. But predictions of the end times are hardly a new…