when did mayans predict end of the world?
2012
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 Scholars from various disciplines quickly dismissed predictions of concomitant cataclysmic events as they arose . Professional Mayanist scholars stated that no extant classic Maya accounts forecast impending doom , and that the idea that the Long Count calendar ends in 2012 misrepresented Maya history and culture , while astronomers rejected the various proposed doomsday scenarios as pseudoscience , easily refuted by elementary astronomical observations . 

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 In 1975 , the ending of b 'ak 'tun 13 became the subject of speculation by several New Age authors , who asserted it would correspond with a global " transformation of consciousness . " In Mexico Mystique : The Coming Sixth Age of Consciousness , Frank Waters tied Coe 's original date of 24 December 2011 to astrology and the prophecies of the Hopi , while both José Argüelles ( in The Transformative Vision ) and Terence McKenna ( in The Invisible Landscape ) discussed the significance of the year 2012 without mentioning a specific day . 

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 The idea that the year 2012 presaged a world cataclysm , the end of the world , or the end of human civilization , became a subject of popular media speculation as the date of 21 December 2012 approached . This idea was promulgated by many pages on the Internet , particularly on YouTube . The Discovery Channel was criticized for its " quasi @-@ documentaries " about the subject that " sacrifice [ d ] accuracy for entertainment . " 

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 The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or otherwise transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012 . This date was regarded as the end @-@ date of a 5 @,@ 126 @-@ year @-@ long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar , and as such , festivities to commemorate the date took place on 21 December 2012 in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization ( Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , and El Salvador ) , with main events at Chichén Itzá in Mexico , and Tikal in Guatemala . 

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 Coe 's interpretation was repeated by other scholars through the early 1990s . In contrast , later researchers said that , while the end of the 13th b 'ak 'tun would perhaps be a cause for celebration , it did not mark the end of the calendar . " There is nothing in the Maya or Aztec or ancient Mesoamerican prophecy to suggest that they prophesied a sudden or major change of any sort in 2012 , " said Mayanist scholar Mark Van Stone . " The notion of a ' Great Cycle ' coming to an end is completely a modern invention . " In 1990 , Mayanist scholars Linda Schele and David Freidel argued that the Maya " did not conceive this to be the end of creation , as many have suggested . " Susan Milbrath , curator of Latin American Art and Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History , stated that , " We have no record or knowledge that [ the Maya ] would think the world would come to an end " in 2012 . Sandra Noble , executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies , said , " For the ancient Maya , it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle , " and , " The 2012 phenomenon is a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in . " " There will be another cycle , " said E. Wyllys Andrews V , director of the Tulane University Middle American Research Institute . " We know the Maya thought there was one before this , and that implies they were comfortable with the idea of another one after this . " Commenting on the new calendar found at Xultún , one archaeologist said " The ancient Maya predicted the world would continue – that 7 @,@ 000 years from now , things would be exactly like this . We keep looking for endings . The Maya were looking for a guarantee that nothing would change . It 's an entirely different mindset . " 
