guardian.co.uk,
Associated Press, Thursday 1 December 2011
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| A scene from the film 2012, which refers to the idea that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world. Photograph: SONY/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar |
The end is
not quite nigh. At least that is the conclusion of a German expert who says his
decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a 2012 date denotes a transition
to a new era and not a possible end of the world as others have read it.
The
interpretation of the hieroglyphs by Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in
Australia was presented for the first time on Wednesday at the archaeological
site of Palenque in southern Mexico.
His
comments came less than a week after Mexico's archaeology institute
acknowledged there was a second reference to the 2012 date in Mayan
inscriptions, touching off another round of talk about whether it predicts the
end of the world.
Gronemeyer
has been studying the stone tablet, which was found years ago at the
archaeological site of Tortuguero in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Tabasco.
He said the
inscription described the return of the mysterious Mayan god Bolon Yokte at the
end of a 13th period of 400 years, known as Baktuns, on the equivalent of 21
December 2012. Mayans considered 13 a sacred number. There is nothing
apocalyptic in the date, he said.
The text
was carved about 1,300 years ago. The stone has cracked, which has made the end
of the passage almost illegible.
Gronemeyer
said the inscription referred to the end of a cycle of 5,125 years since the
beginning of the Mayan Long Count calendar in 3113 BC.
The
fragment was a prophecy of the then ruler Bahlam Ajaw, who wanted to plan the
passage of the god, Gronemeyer said.
"For
the elite of Tortuguero, it was clear they had to prepare the land for the
return of the god and for Bahlam Ajaw to be the host of this initiation,"
he said.
Bolon
Yokte, the god of creation and war, was to prevail that day in a sanctuary of
Tortuguero.
"The
date acquired a symbolic value because it is seen as a reflection of the day of
creation," Gronemeyer said. "It is the passage of a god and not
necessarily a great leap for humanity."
Last week,
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology said a second inscription
mentioning the 2012 date was on the carved or moulded face of a brick found at
the Comalcalco ruin, near the Tortuguero site. It is being kept at the
institute and is not on display.
Many
experts doubt the second inscription is a definite reference to the date cited
as the possible end of the world, saying there is no future tense marking like
there is in the Tortuguero tablet.
The
institute has tried to dispel talk of a 2012 apocalypse, the subject of
numerous postings and stories on the internet. Its latest step was to arrange a
special round table of Mayan experts this week at Palenque, which is where
Gronemeyer made his comments.
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