With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that as the end of the world. But how does the Mayan calendar work, anyway?
MORE: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57560001/how-the-mayan-calendar-actually-works/
See also...
Maya Scholar Debunks World-Ending Myth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121220153802.htm
Debunking doomsday: 6 rumors dispelled
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/19/debunking-doomsday-6-rumors-dispelled/?hpt=hp_bn2
