Specialists admit second Mayan prediction of 2012 as end of the world
Mexico - The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have admitted that they have another reference to the date 2012 as "end from the world" on a carved fragment discovered in an archaeologicalsite in southern Mexico.
Salt Lake Tribunereports that archaeologists have long acknowledged that reference to date 2012 as "end of the world" is identified on a stone tablet from the Tortuguero website in the Gulf coast state ofTabasco. But on Thursday, the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History announced that there is certainly what appears one more reference to the exact same date in an inscription on the brick discovered at the Camalcalco ruin. Based on a spokesman for that institute Arturo Mendez, the inscription have been known for a long time and has been cautiously studied by professionals. Some specialists, even so, dispute that the "Comalcalco Brick" inscription actually refers to dates (December 21, 2012 or December 23, 2012) that some have mentioned may be the end with the globe.
The "Comalcalco Brick" inscription, like the prior Tortuguero inscription, is difficult to interpret because it is cryptic. The Tortuguero inscription, for instance, makes prophetic reference to uncertain but possibly cataclysmic events to happen in 2012, in connection using the Mayan god of war and creation. The mystery of the message within the Tortuguero inscription is difficult by an illegible ending, although some have claimed the eroded text reads "He will descend in the sky."
Salt Lake Tribune reports the face with the "Comalcalco Brick" which carries the "prophetic message" appears to happen to be engrossed in stucco and laid facing inward. This can be taken to imply the content on the brick is actually a sacred message not intended for profane eyes. Nonetheless, a specialist in Mayan inscriptions in the University of Texas, Austin, David Stuart, said, "[though] some have proposed it as being an additional reference to 2012...I remain rather unconvinced."
Stuart explains that exactly what the brick consists of is a "Calender Round," that is, day and month combination that will recur each and every 52 years.
Based on David Stuart, the date on the brick coincides with end in the 13th Baktun, a 394-year period. With the Mayan Extended Count calender beginning in 3114 B.C., the 13th Baktun can finish about December 21, 2012. But based on Stuart,
"There’s pointless it couldn’t be a date in ancient times, describing some critical historical event inside the Classic period. The truth is, the 3rd glyph on the brick seems to see because the verb huli, 'he/she/it arrives.' There’s no future tense marking [unlike the Tortuguero phrase], which during my mind points far more towards the Comalcalco date becoming more historical than prophetic."
Detail showing three columns of glyphs from 2nd century CE La Mojarra Stela 1. The left column offers a Lengthy Count date of 8.five.16.9.7, or 156 CE. The 2 correct columns are glyphs from the Epi-Olmec script.
Boston Herald reports that the Institute of Anthropology and History says belief that the Mayans prophesied the globe can finish in December 2012 is misinterpretation of Mayan calender and believed. Newser reports the Institute of Anthropology and History, inside a statement on Thursday, stated,
"Western messianic believed has twisted the cosmo-vision of ancient civilizations like the Maya."
The experts, according to Newser, say rather than speak with the end from the world, the Mayans had a cyclical perception of historical time. Cyclical renewal of historical time, the professionals say, wasn't connected with or basically linked to apocalyptic events.
The announcement of what appears a second reference, in Mayan archaeological relics, to late December 2012 as "end of the globe," has, predictably, fueled speculations on Web.
The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History is organizing a forum for 60 Mayan experts at the archaeological internet site of Palenque to address the rumors the Mayan Lengthy Count calender predicts the globe to end in December, 2012.
