12/21/2012 Does Not Spell Doom After All

With the recent release of the Hollywood flick '2012', the story of doomsday to befall earth on December 21st, 2012 at 11.11 am, has caught fire afresh. According to Kathryn Reese-Taylor, a Canadian archeologist and lecturer at the University of Calgary however, the Mayan inscription on the Tortuguero Monument VI, has been widely misinterpreted and distorted for commercial interests, by North Americans. The monument is situated in the Central American archeological site of El Tortuguero, in South Tabasco, Mexico. The area, along with its surrounding regions, have been home to the Mayans since 900 BC.

The archeologist further clarified that continued translation and analysis of the carving has helped experts to arrive at the conclusion that on 21st December, 2012, the Mayan calendar will complete its 5th cycle of 125 years. This closure of an era and beginning of a new one shall be marked with an event that has happened before on a similar date in the past. However, how history shall choose to repeat itself is yet to be uncovered. More on Is the World Going to End in 2012.

Preliminary deductions had included the possible descent of a deity on earth. However, "re-examinations of the text now show that may not be the case,'' elaborated Taylor.

In order to pacify the still speculative masses, the archeologist further assured that the Mayan texts have references that go beyond the much dreaded date. "How the Maya view time is much bigger than the current prophecy suggests,'' said the Canadian.

Along with the business community that is exploiting the panic-stricken state of the people, by fueling the rumor, Taylor also pointed a finger at North American authors and journalists for creating this whole hullabaloo about the supposed 'Maya Prophecy of Doomsday', ever since the North Americans started to explore indigenous religions, cultures and beliefs in the 1970s, withdrawing from structured religions. Owing to this notorious rumor doing the rounds, naturally the Mayan culture has been in the limelight for the last two decades along with the Hopi and Aztec cultures.