[Aztlan] National Geographic Magazine

[Henry Avila]

I read a similar situation in one the the lastest issues of "Popular
Mechanics" where they post that a giant asteroid will impact on Europe in
some decades.

Many times the wish for profit defeats the wish for communicate veridic
information to the people.  The case of the "Maya End of the World 2012"
it´s more dramatic.  The WWW is full of wrong information about it and the
worst thing is that there are books talking about the Maya End of the Word.
We have the duty of to instruct and guide the people in order to stop this
movement of wrong information.  Unfortunately, we don´t have the reach of a
popular magazine.

Regards!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eschele en austin.rr.com>
To: <Aztlan en lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 4:09 PM
Subject: [Aztlan] National Geographic Magazine


> Hello All,
>
> As many of you are aware, the National Geographic Manazine's issue for
> the Month of August, has a segment on the ancient Maya and "How a Great
> Culture Rose and Fell". After reading it, just for fun, I decided to go
> online to their companion website for the story and take their online
> quiz about the ancient Maya.  I was amused and surprised to see that as
> an explanation to the question "The Maya’s counting system was based on
> multiples of what?" (Answer of "20") they then included the following
> statement:
>
> "The Maya used Long Count, a system starting at a mythological zero
> date, which can be traced back to August 11, 3114 B.C. According to
> this Maya calendar, the world is supposed to end on December 21, 2012."
>
> http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0708/feature2/quiz.html
>
> I know that NG magazine is designed for popular consumption, therefore
> their stories are often an oversimplfication, but they could have at
> least explained that for the Maya, the end was really the beginning and
> that with the right ceremonies and sacrifices, the calendrical count
> would indeed start anew.  I know that this sounds like a broken record,
> but you might think that at least the NGM could get it right. The
> ancient Maya did not believe that the world would "end on December 21,
> 2012."  The calendar cycle ends yes, but not the world!
>
> lol,
> Elaine
>
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