Looking beyond December 21
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 08:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org)—If the apocalyptic interpreters of the ancient Mayan prophecy are to be believed, Christmas is cancelled, England will never win the World Cup and we'll never have to pay tax again. Though there's no evidence that the doomsday-mongers will be proved right on 21 December says Dr Andrew Crome, religious historian from The University of Manchester, we still need to understand where they're coming from.