Second inscription confirming 'end date' of Mayan calendar in 2012 is found in Guatemala
Archaeologists working at the La Corona dig site in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called ‘end date’ of the Maya calendar. full story 
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Mayan Calendar End Date Confirmed
Dating of an elaborately carved wooden beam from a temple in an ancient Maya city confirms the calendar ended last December. ->
discovery.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
End of the world: Mayan calendar 'pinpointed by carbon dating'
Carbon-dating of an ancient beam from a Guatemalan temple may help end a century-long debate about the Mayan calendar, anthropologists said on Thursday.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 10 days ago)
The 4 Best Conspiracy Theories About The Russian Meteorite
Last week's meteorite impact: cosmic coincidence, or a sign of the Mayan apocalypse? Brush up on the nuttiest theories floating around the Web. When something as mundane as a birth certificate is major conspiracy-theory fodder, it should be no surprise that the folks in tin foil hats have already concocted some not-so-obvious explanations for last week's meteorite crash in...
popsci.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
Mayan linguist, author and teacher to speak at CSU Dominguez Hills
Dec. 21, 2012, came and went and the world is still here. But it's safe to say interest in the Mayan calendar - which ended on that day, sparking fears that perhaps the world would, too - will pique the curiosity of the masses for eons to come.
dailybreeze.com (2 months ago)
Carbon dating pinpoints Mayan calendar
ANTHROPOLOGISTS have hit on the idea of carbon-dating as a way of ending a debate about the Mayan calendar.
news.com.au (1 month and 10 days ago)
Guatemala Genocide Trial
Guatemala's former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, is accused of overseeing the deaths of 1,771 Mayan Indians during the war his government waged against guerrilla groups in 1982 and 1983.
wsj.com (28 days ago)
Summer's movies are heavy on the doom
Contrary to the Mayan calendar, which had Dec. 21, 2012, penciled in as the day everything was to go ka-boom, we're all still all here.
philly.com (24 days ago)
At movie theaters, get ready for the Summer of Doom
Contrary to the Mayan calendar, which had Dec. 21, 2012, penciled in as the day everything was to go ka-boom, we're all still all here.
miamiherald.com (24 days ago)
Russian meteor predicted by Mayan prophecies, researcher claims (Video)
The Russian meteor that exploded over southern Russia is just the opening act of a new age of disasters predicted by Mayan prophecy, the author of the book Mayan Calendar Prophecies stated today. In fact, these "prophecies"...
examiner.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
Guatemala begins first genocide trial
The first genocide trial in Guatemala's history got under way Tuesday, with former dictator Efrain Rios Montt facing accusations that he authorized numerous massacres of indigenous Mayan communities in the early 1980s.
cnn.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
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