The Mayan calendar never mentioned the end of the world

Although late, the new study confirms that the 13th Bak'tun cycle of the Mayan calendar ends at the end of 2012, with no sign of evil.

The results of carbon isotope analysis in a temple bar in Guatemala confirmed that the Long Count Calendar actually terminated the cycle in December 2012. And if this discovery is soon published before December 21, 2012, humanity has not been a panic about rumors about the end of the world.

Tikal city carved figure in the ancient city - (Photo: Nature)

Long Count Calendar is a complex system of lines and dots displaying 5 units of time: Bak'tun (144,000 days); K'atun (7,200 days), Tun (360 days), Winal (20 days) and K'in (1 day). The start of the above calendar is still a mystery, and the scientists still can't find the clues that the Mayans rely on to determine the starting point. The Long Calendar is reproduced at lightning fast speeds throughout low-lying residential areas in the Americas. In the period from 600 to 900, it was present in more than 40 different centers, used to track and organize important historical events of the time. However, these events, including royal transmissions, worship, celebrating victory or defeat, have yet to be determined, as scholars cannot find the start of the calendar.

In fact, the Long Count calendar system has been discontinued since before Europeans explored the New World, not to mention the people who harbored colonialism in Spain's land broke all evidence. It is possible to help researchers establish a connection between the Mayan calendar and the European calendar.'Many solutions have been proposed, referring to historical and astronomical data' , according to Pennsylvania State University Professor Douglas J. Kennett, responding to the Scientific Reports magazine. However, he also acknowledged that the possibility of disparity can be up to 1,000 years and enough to spark a new debate.

To compare the date on the Long Count calendar with the European calendar in an effort to understand what happened in the ancient Maya world, Professor Kennett's team turned to a meticulously carved wooden beam. discovered in the ancient city of Tikal in Guatemala. The carvings depicting the king of Tikal are Jasaw Chan K'awiil. The next line explains that he defeated King Yich'aak K'ahk ', nicknamed ' Flaming Fire ' from the rival capital at Calakmul. Using a combination of mass spectrometers, high-resolution accelerators to identify carbon-14 isotopes, and statistical models of growth rates from changes in calcium density, researchers rescuing the carved upper beam between 658 and 696. This result is quite similar to the most commonly used method, the calculation of Goodman-Martinez-Thompson (GMT), due to specialization. Joseph Goodman initiated in 1905 and was adjusted by the next generation.

According to GMT estimates, the victory of K'awiil king took place around 695 to 712. This time was determined in the 1950s by the method of measuring carbon isotopes on two wooden sticks taken from Tikal. New information that helped confirm climate change at the time played a key role in the development and decline of the ancient Mayan empire. It also means that the end of the 13th Bak'tun cycle actually took place last year, and the new cycle was launched without any destructive effect.