No Doomsday in Mayan Calendar

GUATEMALA - Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest calendar belongs to ancient Mayan civilization in an ancient house, in Central America. But in fact, a lot of calendar 2012 was associated with the apocalypse actually reveals another mystery.

The house is sided room full of ancient murals are thought to be where the clerk recorded track of the city. Archaeologists estimate that the artifacts came from the ninth century, hundreds of years older than the Mayan calendar in the Codices.

According to archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University, some of the mural shows the cycle of the Mayan calendar as a 260-day ceremonies, the Sun 365-day calendar, the calendar 584 days Venus and Mars 780 calendar days.

Reported by ABC News on Thursday (5/17/2012), it turns out, the discovery does not stop there. Saturno said, "the ancient Mayans predict the world will continue. And 7000 years from now, all are going to stay this way."

"We continue to seek out the end of the world. Maya was looking for a guarantee will not change. It is thought that two points are very different," he added.

Further findings revealed no sign that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 with the end of the world. According to the professor of astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University, Anthony Aveni, which ended in 2012 only one calendar cycle.

"Shifting the Mayan calendar of 120 thousand to 130 thousand as the odometer (mileage counter) on the car. With the change of numbers, the car will be getting close to the wreck. Maya has just started again," he added.

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