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Mayan civilization itself ended hundreds of years ago, but the calendar ticked. The Mayans were quite an advanced civilization. They had agriculture, written language and, as we've been learning ...
Before 2012, there was Y2K. Predicted since the mid-'80s, Y2K was an eminently man-made calamity that nonetheless drew coverage and panic at least as widespread as 2012's.
In May 2012, an Ipsos poll of 16,000 adults in 21 countries found that 8 percent had experienced fear or anxiety over the possibility of the world ending in December 2012, while an average of 10 percent agreed with the statement "the Mayan calendar, which some say 'ends' in 2012, marks the end of the world", with responses as high as 20 percent ...
9:20 PM EST: Europe and its ancient capitals are safe to be destroyed at a later date by austerity, unemployment, unforgivable debt loads, and the disappearance of the EU. Three quarters of the ...
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
An American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest.. The data came from laser ...
Mayan Renaissance is a 2012 American documentary film by director Dawn Engle about the Maya peoples of Guatemala and Central America.It describes the ancient Maya civilization, the conquest by Spain during the 1520s, hundreds of years of oppression, and the modern struggle by Mayans for self-determination and a Mayan renaissance.