The end of the world — as it didn’t happen
A global day of light-hearted doom-themed celebration and superstitious scare-mongering culminated in the jungle temples built by the Mayan people of Central America, whose calendar sparked fears of an apocalypse.
Dec 21 marked the end of an era that lasted more than 5,000 years, according to the Mayan “Long Count” calendar. Some believed the date marked the end of the world as foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs.
