"There is no concept of apocalypse in the Mayan culture," said Jesús Gomez, head of the Guatemalan confederation of Mayan priests. So why does the belief persist? Conspiracy theorists keep it ...

If Spirit Airlines can do marketing based on Tiger Woods' marriage blow-up, then hoteliers certainly can find plenty of opportunity in the Mayan calendar end of the world, and after-world.

It is a doomsday that is foretold in the Mayan calendar, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching - even in an internet-based prophetic software program: December 21, 2012. This History Channel ...

She was also asked if she hears talk from customers who mention December 21, a date some associate with doomsday due to supposed ending of the Mayan calendar. “I don’t believe that anything ...

Before the day, the fact that the completion of a “cycle” of the Mayan calendar did not necessarily denote an apocalypse, even on that civilization’s own terms, should have given it away.