Predicting the End of the World
The Mayan Long Count Calendar comes to the end of its 5125 year cycle this month. New age prophecies, based on the ancient calendar, warn the world will end when the cycle concludes. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman travels to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza to track down the truth.
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