2012 isn't the end of the world, Mayans insistSource: Yahoo! News
Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.
Or is it?
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapseSource: USA Today
Why did an ancient Mayan people just seemingly walk away from this site? They abandoned pyramids, palaces, corn grinders, tools, plantations, and homes for no reason that the scientific team has been able to discern.
Syfy teams with Singer for new miniseriesSource: The Live Feed
Syfy is reteaming with director Bryan Singer ("Superman Returns," "X-Men") for a six-hour limited series in the vein of "The Da Vinci Code" and "National Treasure."
2012: Tsunami of StupiditySource: Slate
The growing harmonic convergence of apocalyptic stupidity that goes under the rubric 2012 or "the Mayan Calendar Prophecy" has not yet reached Y2K proportions.
Pakal,The Ancient AstronautSource: paleoanimation.us
Is the Mayan Pakal actually an astronaut? Here's an animated interpretation of the carving as that of a spaceship.
Maya (Creation) Myth RevealedSource: msnbc.com
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of monumental stucco panels in Guatemala that appear to depict one of the New World's oldest-known creation stories, going back thousands of years to what experts call "the cradle of Maya civilization." The discovery suggests that the saga, kn …
Canadian mine accused of causing skin infectionsSource: BBC News
The photographs are disturbing, Mayans young and old covered in blisters and welts. Anti-mining activists say the rashes result from water polluted by a giant open-pit gold mine located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.

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Don Juan, From Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda

Before I begin this article, I would like to say that I was raised by a strong Baptist mother, in a strong, black Baptist church.

You could say that the year 2012 has become "the new millennium" in that a lot of the same people who were expecting something historically dramatic to happen when the 20th century officially became the 21st century are now expecting big drama on a slightly different date.
Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in MexicoSource: Reuters
Mexican archeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld.
Dutch Prepare for Mayan ApocalypseSource: Telegraph
Do the Dutch know something we don't? People have started mumbling about this in NY, about what we are going to do the night before, wondering if we still will have to punch in late the next day, etc.
Listen to Replay of Paranormal Radio: The Mayan 2012 ControversySource: Universe Today
The second live show in response to the 2012 articles ("No Doomsday in 2012" and "2012: No Planet X") is scheduled for tonight at 9pm US Eastern Time. This time, I will be joining Captain Jack over at Paranormal Radio for the two and a half hour event.
No Doomsday in 2012 Source: universetoday.com
For all those 2012 Mayan Prophecy believers out there, I have bad news. There is going to be no doomsday event in 2012, and here's why…
Maya May Have Caused Civilization-Ending Climate ChangeSource: National Geographic
In most cases, Maya cities encircled the bajos, so archaeologists thought the culture made no use of them. But groundbreaking satellite images show that the bajos harbor ancient drainage canals and long-overgrown fields.
That ingenious method of agriculture may have backfired.
Spy Satellite Spots Lost Mayan CitiesSource: AOL
The article also has pictures of other recent archaeological finds from the ancient world: a Roman throne, shards indicating a wall mentioned in the Bible, other American and Holy Land sites, the world's oldest painting, and a bronze-age mask.GUATEMALA CITY (Feb.
Ancient Mayan Temple Discovered From SpaceSource: Reuters
Ancient Mayan astronomers aligned their soaring temples with the stars and now modern archeologists have found the ruins of hidden cities in the Guatemalan jungle by peering down from space.
Hotel mistakes Nobel laureate for bag lady Source: Guardian Unlimited
She was wearing a Mayan dress, the traditional attire of indigenous people in central America, and the hotel's response was also traditional: throw her out.
Mel Gibson Drops F-Bomb On Mayan ExpertSource:
Mel Gibson reportedly shouted an expletive at a Mayan culture expert when he was a guest at a film class at Cal State University at Northridge on Thursday, the Web site TMZ reports.