New Mayan calendar artifacts discovered

SmashMouth · 07-01-2012, 04:49 AM

In what is considered to be one of the most significant hieroglyphic discoveries in decades, archaeologists in Guatemala, announced the uncovering of panels reportedly showing the second-known reference to the Mayan 2012 "end date."

The 1,300 year-old panels uncovered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, featured inscriptions showing a military victory visit to the city La Corona by the ruler of the Mayan city of Calakmul, Reuters reports.
"I was very amazed and amused yesterday to notice that that panel records the date of the end of the 13th baktun (20 cycles of the Mayan long count calendar), which for us is coming up in just a few months time in December of 2012," Dr. David Stuart of the University of Texas at Austin told Reuters.
"Here we have a Mayan monument that was carved 1,500 years ago that's talking about the year we're in right now," he said.
The inscriptions also predict that the ruler’s lineage will continue, the report said.
The Mayan calendar count begins in 3,114 BC and is divided into approximately 394-year periods. Mayans held the 13 sacred, and the13th period ends on December 21, 2012.
"When we take into account how the monument originally was, we can see that it's the largest concentration of inscriptions in the country, and one of the three or five most important in the Mayan world,” Thomas Barrientos, director of the Centre of Anthropological and Archaeological Investigations at the Univsidad del Valle, told Reuters.
A May poll says that nearly 10 percent of people believe that the year 2012 on the Mayan calendar signifies an apocalyptic collapse.

Read more: New Mayan calendar artifacts discovered | Fox News

Srgt. Hulka · 07-01-2012, 10:59 PM

Well hell, there it is...two sources. We're doomed!. I think I'm gonna max out my credit cards, party like it's 1999...uh, I mean 2012, and just have a good time waiting for December 21st. Who wants to join me?

SloMotion · 07-02-2012, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka

Well hell, there it is...two sources. We're doomed!. I think I'm gonna max out my credit cards, party like it's 1999...uh, I mean 2012, and just have a good time waiting for December 21st. Who wants to join me?

... I have unofficial breakfast reservations at my favorite neighborhood diner for 12/21 ... only time will tell if I'll be keeping those reservations or not,

.

saintfan · 07-02-2012, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka

Well hell, there it is...two sources. We're doomed!. I think I'm gonna max out my credit cards, party like it's 1999...uh, I mean 2012, and just have a good time waiting for December 21st. Who wants to join me?

I'm wichu man. The Aliens will be here any day now.

SloMotion · 07-03-2012, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by SloMotion

... I have unofficial breakfast reservations at my favorite neighborhood diner for 12/21 ... only time will tell if I'll be keeping those reservations or not, .

... I mean 12/22,

.

QBREES9 · 07-03-2012, 11:28 PM

Really, Um wait and see.

mutineer10 · 07-04-2012, 10:35 AM

SmashMouth · 07-04-2012, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by mutineer10

WOW... nice... that looks like FF!

Halo · 07-04-2012, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

WOW... nice... that looks like FF!

Don't know how FF didn't miss this one....

mutineer10 · 07-04-2012, 03:21 PM

07-01-2012, 04:49 AM	#1
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 37,009 Blog Entries: 29	New Mayan calendar artifacts discovered In what is considered to be one of the most significant hieroglyphic discoveries in decades, archaeologists in Guatemala, announced the uncovering of panels reportedly showing the second-known reference to the Mayan 2012 "end date." The 1,300 year-old panels uncovered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, featured inscriptions showing a military victory visit to the city La Corona by the ruler of the Mayan city of Calakmul, Reuters reports. "I was very amazed and amused yesterday to notice that that panel records the date of the end of the 13th baktun (20 cycles of the Mayan long count calendar), which for us is coming up in just a few months time in December of 2012," Dr. David Stuart of the University of Texas at Austin told Reuters. "Here we have a Mayan monument that was carved 1,500 years ago that's talking about the year we're in right now," he said. The inscriptions also predict that the ruler’s lineage will continue, the report said. The Mayan calendar count begins in 3,114 BC and is divided into approximately 394-year periods. Mayans held the 13 sacred, and the13th period ends on December 21, 2012. "When we take into account how the monument originally was, we can see that it's the largest concentration of inscriptions in the country, and one of the three or five most important in the Mayan world,” Thomas Barrientos, director of the Centre of Anthropological and Archaeological Investigations at the Univsidad del Valle, told Reuters. A May poll says that nearly 10 percent of people believe that the year 2012 on the Mayan calendar signifies an apocalyptic collapse. Read more: New Mayan calendar artifacts discovered \| Fox News foreverfan likes this.

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Srgt. Hulka 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 4,417	Well hell, there it is...two sources. We're doomed!. I think I'm gonna max out my credit cards, party like it's 1999...uh, I mean 2012, and just have a good time waiting for December 21st. Who wants to join me? saintfan likes this.

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SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka Well hell, there it is...two sources. We're doomed!. I think I'm gonna max out my credit cards, party like it's 1999...uh, I mean 2012, and just have a good time waiting for December 21st. Who wants to join me? ... I have unofficial breakfast reservations at my favorite neighborhood diner for 12/21 ... only time will tell if I'll be keeping those reservations or not, .

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SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Originally Posted by SloMotion ... I have unofficial breakfast reservations at my favorite neighborhood diner for 12/21 ... only time will tell if I'll be keeping those reservations or not, . ... I mean 12/22, .

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