What if you threw an apocalypse and nobody showed up?
A critique in a new textbook argues that the supposed Mayan-predicted doomsday of Dec. 21, 2012, is off by as much as 50-100 years, due to possible a miscalculation in the conversion from the Mayan calendar to the modern Gregorian system.
So, the good news is that the world isn’t ending in just over a year from now. The bad news is that no one is really sure when it will end now.
SPECIAL THANKS ARE IN ORDER:
Discuss Literary Adventures at the Facebook group 'For the Love of All Things Edgar Rice Burroughs.'
Trademarks TARZAN®, TARZAN OF THE APES®, JOHN CARTER OF MARS®, DEJAH THORIS®, PELLUCIDAR®, A PRINCESS OF MARS® and EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS® are owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.