Because they got tired.
It wasn't suppose to end. The Mayan calendar is like any calendar it ends. Every year our calendars end in December, but it doesn't mean the world is going to end. It is the same with the Mayan. Modern man read into it and placed his own meaning on something that is from a long ago past.
It just so happens that the one of the Mayan Calendars ends on December 21, 2012. This had led to the belief that the Mayans, who some believe had prophetic abilities, were predicting the world's end.
2012 was the end of the Mayan calendar so it was seen as the end of time and the world
It is a belief according to the Mayan calendar,which believes that the world will end at a 5,125 year long cycle,which falls around December 2012.
Nobody. This is a common misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar. It does not say the world will end in 2012. It alludes to the end of an age.
I am only aware that the Mayan Calendar ends in 2012, The Mayan calendar stops at the end of the year 2012, churning up all sorts of religious, scientific, astrological and historic reasons why this calendar foretells the end of life as we know it. The Mayan Prophecy is gaining strength and appears to be worrying people in all areas of society.
Mayan Calendar EndsDecember 21, 2012 is the winter solstice when the Mayan calendar ends. Not all calendars stop on this day; many beliefs and conspiracies about this day focus attention on "The End of the World." There is no evidence to support this theory. Supposedly, December 21st, 2012 is the day of the galactic alignment. See the related link for details.
The fact that the Mayan calendar ended is doesn't mean the world would end. Every year our calendars end in December, but no one thinks the world will end. So, it was the same with the Mayan calendar . Modern man read into it with his own interpretation , but it was wrong.
Like all end of the Earth Theories, there is no solid evidence for the said event. There are only theories in science, and misconstrued stories of Mayan calendars and events in the bible, there are no solid reasons why the world should end in 2012.
Obviously it depends on what they are saying about it. However if you are referring to what people are saying about the Mayan calendar then they do not understand calendars. The world will not end.
It wasn't suppose to end. The Mayan calendar is like any calendar it ends. Every year our calendars end in December, but it doesn't mean the world is going to end. It is the same with the Mayan. Modern man read into it and placed his own meaning on something that is from a long ago past.
It just so happens that the one of the Mayan Calendars ends on December 21, 2012. This had led to the belief that the Mayans, who some believe had prophetic abilities, were predicting the world's end.
The problem with the theory on this is modern man is reading into it. Every year our calendars end with the new year, and so it was the same with the Mayan calendar . It just ended. Had their civilization lived further there would have been a new calendar .
No one did. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012.See the Related Question.
No. It is the end of the Mayan calendar.
The Mayan calendar ends on the year 2012. Although the calendar does not say the world will ind in 2012 many people believe the calendar ends that year because the Mayans predicted the world would end that year.
I don't think scientists have proof and I don't think scientists believe the world will end in 2012. 2012 if the end of the Mayan 5000 year calander.