End Of The World 2012? Not Just Yet

December 21, 2012. Many say Dec. 21, 2012, is the day ancient Mayans prophesized the world would end, but scholars say that is not what the calendar said. The day is the end of a cycle in Mayan life, but not the end of the world. Share. 1Facebook

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

MERIDA, Mexico — Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic, the punch line of countless Facebook posts and at least several dozen

Well, supposedly it is the end of the world. The Mayans said so. That means that we need to think of great and wonderful things. Now, to be honest, football should be the furthest thing from our

A woman dressed as a unicorn watches the sun rise, as druids, pagans and revelers take part in a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge, Dec. 21, 2012 in Wiltshire, England. Predictions that the world will end today as it marks the end of a 5,125-year