English | 2012 | pages: 45 | ASIN: B0073676J2 | EPUB | 5,7 mb

The Maya calendar started on August 11, 3114 BCE (corresponding date in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) and will end on December 21 2012. Will it be Armageddon or just another day The believers are making survival preparations and turning to religious leaders for guidance and solace. Follow National Geographic through the maze of doomsday prophets, cult leaders, and international and historic end times teachings to understand the science behind the Maya calendar and the phenomenon of Armageddon predictions.

Scientists and historians know that end-of-days thinking has occurred throughout time around the world. Norse mythology predicted the world would be submerged in water; ancient Greeks believed that Zeuss defeat by his son would be the grand finale. In A.D. 79, Romans thought Mount Vesuviuss eruption in Pompeii was the start of the apocalypse. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic texts all include some writing about end times. The year 1666feared by many Christiansproved itself to be the year of the Beast when the Great Fire of London visited Gods wrath (as widely believed) on the British. Haileys Comet drove Europeans and Americans into apocalyptic fits in 1910.




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