2012 End of the World

Will the World End in 2012?

Richard Schiffman | Posted 03.04.2012

Richard Schiffman

A bit of millennialist anxiety seems realistic given the real threats of environmental holocaust, global war, and economic meltdown that loom over civilization, only I am not convinced that the Mayans possessed a crystal ball to gaze into our collective future.

2012: Here Comes the Apocalpyse (Again)

Mathew Gross | Posted 03.03.2012

Mathew Gross

The idea of the apocalypse offers the promise that our chaotic times will eventually prove to have some kind of redemptive meaning -- or that, according to ancient cultures, it was all somehow inevitable, anyhow.

Mexico Starts Countdown To 2012 Apocalypse

AP | By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 02.19.2012

MEXICO CITY -- Seize the day. Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world....

Mexico Finds Second Reference To 2012 Among Mayan Ruins

AP | By MARK STEVENSON | Posted 11.27.2011

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on ...

End Of The World Sky Photoshop Competition

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

What do you think the end of the world will look like? With talk of two suns being possible (however unlikely) even before 2012 imaginations are free...

How Will The World End In 2012?

Posted 12.22.2010

According to the Mayan calendar, the world will end on December 21, 2012. Considering we only have two years left of life, it is only natural to consi...