As Doomsday Flops, Rites in Ruins of Mayan Empire

SMITE issues doomsday patch. Everyone's hopping on board the (non-existent) apocalypse bandwagon, and SMITE may have the edge on irony. Today the MOBA has expanded to include the Mayan god Xbalanque as well

Long before the Mayan apocalypse loomed, people have been obsessed with doomsday prophecies. Look back to the Book of Revelation and count the times the world ends, then pops back into shape like a cartoon character flattened by a steam roller, only

Despite countless articles published over the course of several years to the contrary, despite videos and interviews with some of the world's most prominent and well-respected astronomers, despite new archaeological

Don't the doomsday believers have enough real problems to worry about without stressing over the prospect that humanity might disappear in a hail of fire and brimstone? It was a point made by Juan Cole, a history professor at the University of Michigan

Just as the world sighs in relief at having escaped the Mayan Armageddon, the ancient prophesy may still hold true. According to one archaeologist, the end could come as early as this Sunday.