End Of The World 2012? Not Just Yet

MERIDA, Mexico -- In the darkness before dawn Friday, spiritualists prepared white clothes, drums, conch shells and incense ahead of the sunrise they believe will herald the birth of a new and better age as a vast, 5125-year

21, 2012 could possibly bring the end of the world,” says Buset. “And even these people were careful to say that ultimately, the fate of the world was in God's hands. It's important to note that the Maya Long Count calendar fell out of use hundreds of

The Maya Long Count calendar reads '13.0.0.0.0' ('thirteen b'aktun') for the first time in 5,125 years, believed by some to mark the end of civilisation. Our correspondents report on preparations for the apocalypse around the world, which turned out to

The Maya never predicted that 2012 would be the Year of the Cigar Box Guitar. They missed the most important story. The end of the world, which ought to be in a couple of hours, is not this year's crucial event.

(CNN) -- If the world comes to an end today, it won't be the first time. At least on film, planet Earth has been destroyed, decimated, and rebuilt countless times over, from a myriad of causes and in a variety of situations that even the Mayans couldn