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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. According to experts, philosophers and analysts, the Mayas did believe that December 21, 2012, day marked the beginning of a new stage of human existence but have never said that this would be the end of the world. Researchers and experts have brought up evidence that the number December 21, 2012 is simply referred to as a round date within the Mayan calendar. Therefore the Mayans used to refer to this date as the 13.0.0.0.0 which means the 13-Bak tun period ending. This ending period also announced the coming of the era day... the era day. In fact, in the Mayan culture ( see Chapter " Mesoamerica "), the era day was also noted as 13.0.0.0.0 instead of 0.0.0.0.0 ( see Chapter " Maya numerals "). This is because as the Tzolk in and the Ha ab have different calculation bases, there are differences in the era day 13.0.0.0.0 which comes along with 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk u( see Chapter " Mesoamerican calendars "), while the approaching 13.0.0.0.0 takes 4 Ajaw ( see Chapter " Tikal ") 3 K ank in2. Unfortunately, the human ra