» Mayans predict 2012 is the end of the 54th of 73 great cycles (each being 1,872,000 days)
…or that’s one of many interpretations at least.
Being of Mayan heritage, it cracks me up when friends, or the internet citizenry in general, reference 2012 being the end of the world or infer it by dropping ‘quetzalcoatl’ (a word more closely associated with Aztec religion) into their tweets. To me, that’s no different than believing Harold Camping every time he declares the rapture is coming.
If you’re interested in Mayan anthropology Maggie Koerth-Baker posted a link over at Boing Boing to this great article. Seriously, read the whole thing.
