Mayan Calendar bombshell: dates changed

Rob Waugh, DailyMail.co.uk (May 11, 2012); Wisdom Quarterly

The Aztec Calendar has grown more famous than the Mayan. They are loosely related but the Aztec came much later. The Mayan Calendars, of which there are 20+, vary and serve different purposes. The long count marks the end of ages not the end of the world.

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The Mayans reveal their darkest mysteries: New excavation reveals secrets of their calendar -- including [men in black] figures and symbols never seen before.

• Wall covered in calculations relating to Mayan calendar
• Line-up of men in black uniforms
• Astrological calculations not fully understood
• Dates seem to stretch 7,000 years into FUTURE
• Contradicts "doomsday" predictions about 2012
• First paintings found on walls in Mayan dwellings
• Huge city in Guatemala finally reveals its secrets

Angelyn Bass works wall dating back 1,200 years

A vast city built by the ancient Mayan civilization [which existed in Mesoamerica over many modern Latin American countries] and discovered nearly a century ago in modern-day Guatemala is finally starting to yield its secrets -- including a hint that apocalyptic predictions around the "end" of the Mayan Calendar may be wrong.

• NationalGeographic.com

Excavating for the first time in the sprawling complex of Xultzn in Guatemala's Peten region, archaeologists have uncovered a structure that contains what appears to be a work space for the town's scribe.

Its walls are adorned with unique paintings -- one depicting a line-up of men in black uniforms and hundreds of scrawled numbers -- many calculations relating to the Mayan calendar and stretching up to 7,000 years into the future. More plus video

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