From the pen of Dr. David Stuart on the Tortuguero Monument 6 2012 “prophecy”
On September 30th, I published a post on this blog in which I quoted a translation of the 2012 prophecy by famed Maya scholar Dr. David Stuart. He’s the one who spent considerable time in his childhood living in Maya ruins with his archaeologist parents and is fluent in the modern Mayan language, or so I’ve read. Or, maybe I saw it on public television. In any case, here is an update of Dr. Stuart’s most recent understanding of the meaning of the Maya glyphs on Monument 6 in the Tortuguero ruins that refer to the December 21, 2012 date. I just learned that Dr. Stuart has a WordPress blog called Maya Decipherment: A Weblog on Ancient Maya Script. This has to be a great website full of fantastic and unique information on the Maya and 2012. The following quote is excerpted from his October 4th, 2011 blog post:
In other words, the mention of 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 3 K’ank’in on Tortuguero Monument 6 is an isolated chronological anchor within a larger narrative, projected into the future in order to make a rhetorical point about the nature of the main historical event. The last few glyphs of the text, rather than being wedded to the 13.0.0.0.0 section, should be viewed instead as comprising a record of a contemporary episode — the building dedication — that’s the discursive focus of the entire inscription.
