Archaeology & History
June 29, 2012 ·
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"This was a time of great political turmoil in the Maya region and this king felt compelled to allude to a larger cycle of time that happens to end in 2012," said Stuart. "In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability rather than predict apocalypse," added excavation co-director Marcello A. Canuto.
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New Maya 'end date' monument unearthed
By T.K. RandallJune 29, 2012 ·
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Image Credit: Bruno Girin
The 1,300-year-old text has been found carved in to stone steps at La Corona in Guatemala.
The text, the longest ever found in Guatemala, depicts 200 years of history in the region. David Stuart, director of the Mesoamerica Center at The University of Texas at Austin, recognized a reference to 2012 on one of the records commemorating a royal visit in 696 AD. "This was a time of great political turmoil in the Maya region and this king felt compelled to allude to a larger cycle of time that happens to end in 2012," said Stuart. "In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability rather than predict apocalypse," added excavation co-director Marcello A. Canuto.
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona 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.
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