Mayan 2012

Mayan Ceremonies in Guatemala Celebrate the New Cycle

Rick Kearns
January 04, 2013
Mayan priests and special guests celebrated the Fire Ceremony on December 21 in the ancient city of Tikal, Guatemala to welcome the first rays of the sun and the beginning of a new...

Add the Culturally Misappropriated Mayan Non-Apocalypse to the List of Failed Doomsday Predictions

ICTMN Staff
December 21, 2012
From Hale-Bopp, the famous comet, to the near-forgotten Hen of Leeds, history is littered with failed apocalyptic predictions...

Google Doodle Mexico Honors the End of the Mayan 13th Baktun

ICTMN Staff
December 21, 2012
The Google Doodle in the U.S. features a green ribbon memorializing those lost in the tragic Newtown, Connecticut shooting last Friday...

Apocalypse Not: It's December 21, and We Are Still Here, as the Mayans Predicted

ICTMN Staff
December 21, 2012
At 6:12 a.m. today, the earth’s North Pole was tilted as far away from the sun as it ever gets...

Evo Morales Looks at December 21 – the ‘Mayan Apocalypse’ – As a New Beginning

Sara Shahriari
December 17, 2012
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, called for a new age to begin December 21, 2012...

Maya from the Inside: The 13 Bak´tun as Challenge to the Western Mind, See NMAI Webcast Here

ICTMN Staff
December 15, 2012
The time for worrying about the apocalypse is long over, and the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is here to tell us why...

Apocalypse Not: NASA Video Explains 10 Days Early 'Why the World Didn't End Yesterday'

ICTMN Staff
December 13, 2012
A wimpy solar cycle, a nonexistent rogue planet and the deep astronomical insights of the Mayan calendar itself have spurred NASA to release a video—10 days before the supposed apo...

Apocalypse LOL II: Surviving 12.12.12

ICTMN Staff
December 12, 2012
The end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar continues to creep up on us, with December 21, 2012 marking the end of the world. Or Friday...

Non-Apocalypse: U.S. Government Assures Everyone That the World Will Live to See the Fiscal Cliff

ICTMN Staff
December 05, 2012
The fiscal cliff notwithstanding, the U.S...

Following the Mayan Calendar With The National Museum of the American Indian

ICTMN Staff
December 04, 2012
The days are drawing closer to the supposed Mayan Apocalypse said to happen at the end of the indigenous group’s Long Count calendar – December 21...

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