{"id":540,"date":"2010-09-23T15:03:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T05:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=540"},"modified":"2010-09-23T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T05:03:37","slug":"mayans-predict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2010\/09\/mayans-predict-540.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Question: What Could the Mayans Predict?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[I mean scientific predictions, not prophecy]<\/p>\n

Most of the Mayan books were burned by the Spanish\u00a0conquistadors, and there are bound to be plenty of Mayan monuments that are yet to be discovered. Or the knowledge may have only been transmitted orally. Therefore it is quite possible that the ancient Mayans did indeed specify a disaster for 2012, and we are just unaware of it.<\/p>\n

It is also possible (and to my mind most likely) that they inherited the Long Count calendar from an earlier or visiting civilization. Regardless, the question is the same – what type of event could have been predicted in ancient times, for Dec 2012?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not looking for evidence that similar predictions were ever accurately made, just the possibility<\/em>, because with the Long Count calendar we really are grasping at straws.<\/p>\n

My personal preference is the return of an asteroid or comet, or meteor shower, and the accompanying potential for catastrophe. As I have explained, if Halley could predict the return of a comet<\/a> using basic arithmetic, so could the Mayans. And if a civilization is around for long enough, they can notice long period comets, perhaps one that only returns every 1000 years, something present civilizations are unlikely to have noticed or recorded.<\/p>\n

I figure the Sun<\/strong> could also have cycles, if you watched it for long enough. What else could<\/em> be possible?<\/p>\n