Is 20 12 true or false? Is there a clear scientific explanation? How to explain the Mayan prophecy?
Mysterious prophecy: the end of the world
For the first time, scientists used the Mayan calendar to debunk the so-called "doomsday" prophecy. The Mayan calendar did not end in 20 12, so the Mayans themselves did not regard this year as the end of the world. However, 20 12 12 2 1 (winter solstice) is definitely an important day for the Mayans. Anthony Avini, an archaeologist at Colgate University in the United States, is an expert on Mayan culture. Avini said, "In the Mayan calendar, 1872000 days is a cycle, that is, 5 125.37 years."
Maya counted time more carefully than many other cultures. Avini said that the Mayans once invented the so-called "long calendar", which traced the initial calculation time back to the origin time of Mayan culture, that is, 3 1 1 August 4 BC11year. According to the "long calendar", the winter solstice of 20 12 means that the time of the current era is over, that is, a cycle of 5 125.37 years has been completed. So the long calendar starts from the "zero day" and starts a new cycle. Avini believes that "this is just an idea of re-timing, which is exactly the same as restarting our life for a year or a week every New Year's Day or Monday morning."
In Avini's view, Maya's prediction that 20 12 12 2 1 is the end of the world is a misunderstood statement. That day is the "zero day" in the Mayan calendar, which means the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new era, not the end of the world. At the same time, Mayan elder picton finally jumped out and said, "There is no such thing at all!" He even said that the doomsday theory originated in the west, and the Mayans never had such an idea. The Maya said 20 12 years should refer to the awakening and transformation of human beings in spirit and consciousness, thus entering a new civilization.
So 20 12 is not the end of the world!