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While digging at La Corona excavation site in Guatemala, archaeological experts discovered an ancient Mayan script, dating back to 1,300 years and the content mentions the so-called "last day" of the calendar. Maya - December 21, 2012.

The discovery was honored as one of the most prominent hieroglyphic discoveries in decades. It was announced June 28 at the National Palace in Guatemala.

'The newly discovered text refers to ancient political history, not prophecy,' said Marcello A. Canuto, head of Tulane Central American Research Institute and co-director of the La excavation project. Corona.

Since 2008, Mr. Canuto and Tomás Barrientos from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala have conducted excavations at La Corona - an area of ​​rampant robbery.

'Last year, we received word of robbers a building that had discarded some carved stones because they were so badly damaged that they could not be sold on the black market of antiques. So we know that they are looking for something important, but at the same time think they may have missed something, ' said Barrientos on the Science Daily page.

What Canuto and Barrientos found then was the longest text ever discovered in Guatemala. Carved on the steps up and down, the text recorded 200 years of La Corona history.

When decoding these findings in May, David Stuart - director of the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas, who took part in the first excavation at La Corona in 2007 - found a reference to 2012. on a ladder containing 56 beautifully carved hieroglyphs.

It commemorates a royal visit to La Corona in 696 AD of the most powerful Mayan ruler of that period - Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk 'of Calakmul, just a few months after the failure of he before the traditional enemy Tikal in 695 AD.

Once thought to have been killed in this battle, authorities Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk visited allies and eased their fears after his defeat.

'This is a serious political turmoil in the Mayan region and the emperor feels compelled to say that a larger period of time will end in 2012,' Stuart stressed.

So instead of a prophecy, the allusion to 2012 put the unstable reign as well as the emperor Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk's achievement into a larger cosmological framework.'In times of crisis, ancient Mayans used their calendar to promote continuity and stability, rather than predicting the end of the world,' Canuto added.