Just as "Y2K" and its batch of predictions about the year 2000 have become a distant memory, here comes "Twenty-twelve." Fueled by a crop of books, Web sites with countdown clocks, and claims about ancient timekeepers, interest is growing in what some see as the dawn of a new era, and others as an expiration date for Earth: December 21, 2012.The date marks the end of a 5,126-year cycle on the Long Count calendar developed by the Maya, the ancient civilization known for its advanced understanding of astronomy and for the great cities it left behind in Mexico and Central America. (Some scholars believe the cycle endsa bit later -- on December 23, 2012.)Speculation in some circles about whether the Maya chose this particular time because they thought something ominous would happen has sparked a number of doomsday theories. The hype also has mainstream Maya scholars shaking their heads.
"There's
going to be a whole generation of people who, when they think of the
Maya, think of 2012, and to me that's just criminal," said David
Stuart, director of the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas
at Austin.
"There is no serious
scholar who puts any stock in the idea that the Maya said anything
meaningful about 2012."
But take the fact that
December 21, 2012, coincides with the winter solstice, add claims the
Maya picked the time period because it also marks an alignment ofthe
sun with the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and you have the makings
of an online sensation.
Type "2012" into an
Internet search engine and you'll find survival guides, survival
schools, predictions and "official stuff" to wear, including T-shirts
with slogans such as "2012 The End" and "Doomsday 2012."
Theories about what might
happen range from solar storms triggering volcano eruptions to a polar
reversal that will make the Earth spin in the opposite direction.
If you think all of this would make a great sci-fi disaster movie, Hollywood is already one step ahead.
"2012," a special-effects
flick starring John Cusack and directed by Roland Emmerich, of "The Day
After Tomorrow" fame, is scheduled to be released this fall.
The
trailer shows amo......
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