Discovery at ancient Mayan site

[theshee]

A FRAGMENT found at an ancient Mayan ruin site contains a reference to an apocalypse in 2012.

Most experts had cited only one surviving reference to the date in Mayan glyphs, a stone tablet from the Tortuguero site in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.

But the National Institute of Anthropology and History said that there is in fact another apparent reference to the date at the nearby Comalcalco ruin.

The inscription is on the carved or moulded face of a brick. Comalcalco is unusual among Mayan temples in that it was built with bricks.

Arturo Mendez, a spokesman for the institute, said the fragment of inscription had been discovered years ago and has been subject to thorough study. It is not on display and is being kept in storage at the institute.

The "Comalcalco Brick", as the second fragment is known, has been discussed by experts in some online forums.

Many still doubt that it is a definite reference to December 21 2012 or December 23 2012, the dates cited by proponents of the theory as the possible end of the world.

David Stuart, a Mayan specialist at University of Texas, said: "Some have proposed it as another reference to 2012, but I remain rather unconvinced."

Given the strength of internet rumours about impending disaster in 2012, the institute is organising a round table of 60 Mayan experts next week at the archaeological site of Palenque, in southern Mexico, to "dispel some of the doubts about the end of one era and the beginning of another, in the Mayan Long Count calendar".
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[Wes Gear]

So 2012 is back on.

[boxfree]

Oh it's still on....just not the end of the world. Gonna be a bit anticlimactic if ya ask me. I know.... you didn't ask.

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Its always an anticlimax

[brillbilly]

Maya never stated it was the end of the world from what i can make out.
2012 Is just the middle point between breathing in and breathing out!

[Wes Gear]

Nov 28, 2011 0:38:24 GMT 10 brillbilly said:

Maya never stated it was the end of the world from what i can make out.
2012 Is just the middle point between breathing in and breathing out!

That's a good way of putting it Brill. 2012 will be that moment when we move through the Galactic plane.

[brillbilly]

Nov 28, 2011 15:13:37 GMT 10 Wes Gear said:

Nov 28, 2011 0:38:24 GMT 10 brillbilly said:

Maya never stated it was the end of the world from what i can make out.
2012 Is just the middle point between breathing in and breathing out!

That's a good way of putting it Brill. 2012 will be that moment when we move through the Galactic plane.

thanks wes, thats how i see it.
The transition is not about a date,but about a phase!

[boxfree]

There's no doubt though we do become more of a target moving into traffic.....

[Wes Gear]

Don't worry about end of the world in 2012, Mayan tablet doesn't predict apocalypse

THE end is not near.

At least that's according to a German expert who says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a 2012 date denotes a transition to a new era and not a possible end of the world as others have read it.

The interpretation of the hieroglyphs by Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia was presented for the first time Wednesday at the archaeological site of Palenque in southern Mexico.

His comments came less than a week after Mexico's archaeology institute acknowledged there was a second reference to the 2012 date in Mayan inscriptions, touching of another round of talk about whether it predicts the end of the world.

Gronemeyer has been studying the stone tablet found years ago at the archeological site of Tortuguero in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Tabasco.

He said the inscription describes the return of mysterious Mayan god Bolon Yokte at the end of a 13th period of 400 years, known as Baktuns, on the equivalent of Dec. 21, 2012. Mayans considered 13 a sacred number. There's nothing apocalyptic in the date, he said.

The text was carved about 1,300 years ago. The stone has cracked, which has made the end of the passage almost illegible.

Gronemeyer said the inscription refers to the end of a cycle of 5,125 years since the beginning of the Mayan Long Count calendar in 3113 B.C.

The fragment was a prophecy of then ruler Bahlam Ajaw, who wanted to plan the passage of the god, Gronemeyer said.

"For the elite of Tortuguero, it was clear they had to prepare the land for the return of the god and for Bahlam Ajaw to be the host of this initiation," he said.

Bolon Yokte, god of creation and war, was to prevail that day in a sanctuary of Tortuguero.

"The date acquired a symbolic value because it is seen as a reflection of the day of creation," Gronemeyer said. "It is the passage of a god and not necessarily a great leap for humanity."

Last week, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology said a second inscription mentioning the 2012 date is on the carved or molded face of a brick found at the Comalcalco ruin, near the Tortuguero site. It is being kept at the institute and is not on display.

Many experts doubt the second inscription is a definite reference to the date cited as the possible end of the world, saying there is no future tense marking like there is in the Tortuguero tablet.

The institute has tried to dispel talk of a 2012 apocalypse, the subject of numerous postings and stories on the Internet. Its latest step was to arrange a special round table of Mayan experts this week at Palenque, which is where Gronemeyer made his comments.

Many experts doubt the second inscription is a definite reference to the date cited as the possible end of the world, saying there is no future tense marking like there is in the Tortuguero tablet.

Read more: www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/dont-worry-about-end-of-the-world-in-2012-mayan-tablet-doesnt-predict-apocalypse/story-fn5fsgyc-1226212034359#ixzz1fMEjQkKB

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At least that's according to a German expert who says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a 2012 date denotes a transition to a new era and not a possible end of the world as others have read it

Ah-Ha, a german expert, who basically listened to the mexicans who were descendants of the Mayans who said the same thing and have been so for years.