Jan
24
“In recent years, Mayan scholars and Mayan leaders have objected to the obsession with gloom and cataclysm. ‘For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of their cycle,’ says Sandra Nobe, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies in Crystal River, Fla. To render Dec. 21, 2012, as a doomsday event or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is a ‘complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in.’”
Eric Francis
