The Mayan Apocalypse (large Print).
Title | The Mayan Apocalypse (large Print). PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hitchcock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | |
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The Mayan Apocalypse
Title | The Mayan Apocalypse PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hitchcock |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0736938303 |
On the heels of Mark Hitchcock’s prophecy bestseller 2012, the Bible, and the End of the World comes a suspenseful novel (coauthored with bestselling novelist Alton Gansky) about the supposed expiration date of planet earth—December 21, 2012. Andrew Morgan is a wealthy oil executive in search of the meaning of life. In his quest for answers he encounters the ancient Mayan predictions that the world will end in 2012. That the claims seem supported by math and astronomy drives him to check on them. Then he meets Lisa Campbell, an attractive Christian journalist also researching the Mayan calendar. When he learns that she is a Christian, he quickly dismisses what she has to say. As the time draws closer to December 21, 2012, a meteorite impact in Arizona, a volcanic eruption, and the threat of an asteroid on a collision-course with earth escalate fears. Are these indicators of a global apocalypse? Will anyone survive? Does Lisa’s Christian faith have the answers after all? Or has fate destined everyone to a holocaust from which there is no escape?
Phobos
Title | Phobos PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Alten |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 2012-09-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780765368126 |
A dazzling look at Mayan mythology incarnate from New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten.
2012 and the End of the World
Title | 2012 and the End of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Restall |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2011-01-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 144220611X |
Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon. They begin by briefly examining the evidence for the prediction of the world's end in ancient Maya texts and images, analyzing precisely what Maya priests did and did not prophesize. The authors then convincingly show how 2012 millenarianism has roots far in time and place from Maya cultural traditions, but in those of medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Revelatory any myth-busting, while remaining firmly grounded in historical fact, this fascinating book will be essential reading as the countdown to December 21, 2012, begins.
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
Title | The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Stray |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2007-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0802716342 |
The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
Maya Apocalypse
Title | Maya Apocalypse PDF eBook |
Author | Hubert L. Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2009-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781440142888 |
"For the past fifty years the Speaking Cross has rested in a shrine not far from Cancun. Now, it's been stolen by conspirators planning a catastrophic revellion to coincide with the year 2012. Their bloody trail leads Detective Nelson Cocom and two lovely American anthropologists deep into the jungles of Southern Mexico. Along the way they encounter deep caves, murder, shamans, ancient battle chiefs, and madmen."--P. [4] of cover.
The Maya Apocalypse and Its Western Roots
Title | The Maya Apocalypse and Its Western Roots PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Restall |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2021-08-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1538154994 |
This fascinating history explores the cultural roots of our civilization’s obsession with the end of the world. Busting the myth of the ancient Maya prediction that time would end in 2012, Matthew Restall and Amara Solari build on their previous book, 2012 and the End of the World, to use the Maya case to connect such seemingly disparate historical events as medieval European millenarianism, Moctezuma’s welcome to Cortés, Franciscan missionizing in Mexico, prophetic traditions in Yucatan, and the growing belief today in conspiracies and apocalypses. In demystifying the 2012 phenomenon, the authors draw on their decades of scholarship to provide an accessible and engaging explanation of what Mayas and Aztecs really believed, how Judeo-Christian apocalypticism became part of the Indigenous Mesoamerican and modern American worlds, and why millions continue to anticipate an imminent Doomsday.