Amazingly, world survives Maya 'apocalypse'
- Published: 21 Dec 2012 at 14.46
- Online news: Asia
A global day of lighthearted doom-themed celebration and superstitious scare-mongering culminated at the temples of the Mayan people, whose calendar sparked fears of apocalypse.
Visitors raise their hands during celebrations for the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13 and the start of the Maya new age, at the Chichen Itza archaeological park, in Yucatan state, Mexico on December 21, 2012. A global day of lighthearted doom-themed celebration and superstitious scare-mongering culminated at the temples of the Mayan people, whose calendar sparked fears of apocalypse
December 21 marked the end of an era that lasted 5,200 years, according to the Mayan "Long Count" calendar.
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