APOCALYPSE PICTURES: 10 Failed Doomsday Prophecies
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 10:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Just as some people today believe a Maya calendar pinpoints 2012 as the end of the world as we know it, people through centuries and across cultures have long forecast our collective doom.
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