Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

But a German expert, Sven Gronemeyer, says that the whole thing could just be a misreading. The Aztec Mayan Calendar: A well-known tablet predicts an apocalyptic event in 2012 - but rather than ...