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By: Debunking yet another apocalypse prophecy | The Geek Anthropologist

Debunking yet another apocalypse prophecy | The Geek Anthropologist — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:19:46 +0000

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Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:01:02 +0000

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By: Edwin Schmitt

Edwin Schmitt — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:22:36 +0000

Just as an interesting aside, I saw an add for “Tales of the Maya Skies” in the Hong Kong MTR today and thought of these posts. It is being held in the Hong Kong Space Museum until next April. Interestingly though none of the advertisements or the website mention the calendar system.

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Programs/SkyShow/TalesofTheMayaSkies/e_TalesoftheMayaSkies.htm

By: John McCreery

John McCreery — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:21:26 +0000

Just want to add a compliment on this post, lots of interesting information elegantly presented. Currently more concerned about the probability of another Great Kanto Earthquake; but that comes from living in Japan.

By: Clare Sammells

Clare Sammells — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:48:40 +0000

Thank you so much for this link - I assumed these must be somewhere (that is the amazing and terrifying thing about the internet), but certainly they are no longer linked to the official movie website. I find the IHC anthropologist video particularly interesting, and it shows why so many unsuspecting non-specialists might be confused by this professional-looking, unlabeled viral marketing website. A lot of the information given is accurate (the names of the codices, the destruction of the Spanish conquest, etc), which might make it more difficult for many to sort out truth from fiction. Also, I find it interesting that they claim this "Fifth Mayan Codex" was found in a Guatemalan cave. There is almost no chance a paper document could survive more than 500 years in a cave in Central America, but this is playing on the famous discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in desert caves where preservation would be less problematic. Public knowledge about specific archaeological finds of ancient texts is being utilized to create a fiction that might appear believable.

By: jprs

jprs — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:40:36 +0000

The fake websites are still up–the ad agency that created them has maintained them here: http://archive.bigspaceship.com/ihc/