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11 Ancient Calendars All End on the Same Exact Date — Here's Why

Boring History for Sleep by Boring History Network

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Did 11 ancient civilizations really predict the same exact doomsday date… or did we just connect the dots wrong?

In this Sleepy Time Mystery deep dive, we unravel the 2012 apocalypse myth by examining 11 ancient calendars: the Maya Long Count, the Aztec Calendar Stone, the Xiuhpohualli, the Maya Tzolk’in and Haab’, the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, the Chinese sexagenary cycle, the Hindu Yuga ages, the Egyptian civil calendar, and more.

We break down why December 21, 2012 became the “end of the world” date, what the Maya Long Count actually says, how the GMT correlation problem complicates everything, and what Tortuguero Monument 6 really records. Along the way, we expose how modern 2012 convergence theories stitched together unrelated systems into a single doomsday prophecy.

If you’re curious about ancient calendars, end-of-the-world predictions, and how myths get created and spread, this is your calm, late-night guide through the mystery.

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Sources: • David Stuart, The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth About 2012

• Floyd G. Lounsbury, “A Palenque King and the Planet Jupiter,” in The Sky in Mayan Literature, edited by Anthony F. Aveni

• Anthony F. Aveni, The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012

• Elizabeth Hill Boone, Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

• Sacha Stern, Calendars in Antiquity: Empires, States, and Societies

• Richard A. Parker, The Calendars of Ancient Egypt

00:00 Introduction 02:23 Item 1: The Maya Long Count and December 21, 2012 09:46 Item 1: The Maya Long Count and December 21, 2012 (Part 2) 15:56 Item 2: The GMT Correlation Problem 23:18 Item 2: The GMT Correlation Problem (Part 2) 30:45 Item 3: Tortuguero Monument 6 38:03 Item 3: Tortuguero Monument 6 (Part 2) 45:40 Item 4: The Aztec Calendar Stone 53:16 Item 4: The Aztec Calendar Stone (Part 2) 59:50 Item 5: The Aztec Xiuhpohualli 1:05:50 Item 5: The Aztec Xiuhpohualli (Part 2) 1:12:25 Item 6: The Maya Tzolk'in and Haab' 1:19:00 Item 6: The Maya Tzolk'in and Haab' (Part 2) 1:25:19 Item 7: The Hebrew Calendar 1:31:30 Item 7: The Hebrew Calendar (Part 2) 1:38:28 Item 8: The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle 1:44:48 Item 8: The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle (Part 2) 1:51:33 Item 9: The Hindu Yuga System 1:58:37 Item 9: The Hindu Yuga System (Part 2) 2:05:09 Item 10: The Ancient Egyptian Civil Calendar 2:12:02 Item 10: The Ancient Egyptian Civil Calendar (Part 2) 2:19:05 Item 11: The 2012 Convergence Myth 2:25:16 Item 11: The 2012 Convergence Myth (Part 2) 2:31:28 Conclusion

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