Thanks for downloading my End of the World 2012 EBook
Last weekend, Amazon featured my End of the World 2012 EBook for a free promotion. I appreciate everyone who downloaded that Kindle book during the promotion period. As a result, the book became a #1 Best Seller in the Mexican travel category for Kindle ebooks.
This matters a lot to me, because the higher the ranking on Amazon, the more likely people will find the book on the first page when they do a keyword search.
I want people who are confused or curious about 2012 and especially those who are afraid that the end of the world is imminent to find the book. It is a good antidote to the many sensational books that are fueling the fear that the world may be ending this month.
Carol Chapman, author of End of the World 2012 EBook
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Mayans say Guatemala government promotes 2012 doomsday myth for profit
A Discovery News article says that since nothing sells like fear, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012–only 17 days away–has been blown out of proportion and misinterpreted mainly for profit.
It turns out that the Maya in Guatemala feel unhappy with their government for promoting a massive Doomsday Event, and tour groups are having a field day with “End of the World 2012” tours.
But this time, the anger isn’t directed at the West’s “messianic thinking,” Maya leaders have accused the Guatemalan government of perpetuating the myth that the Mayan Long Count calendar predicts the end of the world for financial gain.
“We are speaking out against deceit, lies and twisting of the truth, and turning us into folklore-for-profit. They are not telling the truth about time cycles,” Felipe Gomez, leader of the Maya alliance Oxlaljuj Ajpop, told the AFP news agency.
I find it refreshing to see that the actual Maya are speaking out against the perpetuation of the misinterpretation of their ancient Mayan prophecies.
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook
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Problem with Mayan end of the world 2012 December 21st date caused by difference between Venus or meteor
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Gerardo Aldana says that if the correlation of the Long Count Calendar date was correlated to a meteor event rather than to a cyclical Venus event, the End of the World 2012 Mayan prophecy date could be off by at least 60 days from December 21, 2012.
One of the key events described by Aldana is a battle date as set by the ruler of Dos Pilas (a Maya site in the current geographical location of Guatemala). Ruler Balaj Chan K’awiil chose this date by the appearance of Chak Ek’. According to John Normark, researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University, Chak Ek’ “used to be believed to be Venus but in another study Aldana believes it is a [meteor].”
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook
Continue readingDecember 21 2012 End date of the Mayan Long Count Calendar may be off by at least 60 days
According to an online Discovery News article by Ian MacNeill, the Mayan end of the world 2012 date might be off by at least 60 days.
The problem has to do with correlating dates in the Mayan Long Count calendar with dates in our present Gregorian calendar. Scholars use a constant called the GMT constant, which refers to the initials of the three men who determined this constant: Joseph Goodman, Juan Martinez-Hernandez and J. Eric S. Thompson.
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The Riviera Maya is in Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula
The Riviera Maya is located along the northern Caribbean coast of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo
In the map on the right, the Riviera Maya is the northern part of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The Riviera Maya extends along the extreme eastern coast of Quintana Roo along the Caribbean Sea (also on the right).
The popular Mayan ruins of Coba and Tulum are in Quintana Roo as well as the modern tourist towns of Playa del Carmen and Cancun.
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook.
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Free End of the World 2012 EBook on Amazon now
End of the World 2012 EBook
The End of the World 2012 EBook is available on Amazon for free as a Kindle download from Wednesday, November 28th, to Sunday, December 2nd, 2012. It’s available right now!
The End of the World 2012 EBook, is the memoir of author and filmmaker Carol Chapman to discover the truth about the 2012 Mayan prophecies.
Concerned with rampant end of the world fears fanned by misleading reports, Chapman uncovers the truth surrounding this mysterious 2012 date. She examines expert sources to determine if the Mayan calendar does actually end on December 21, 2012 and even includes recent archeological discoveries released in April and June of 2012.
Continue readingWhere the Maya Live in Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula
With all the information on the End of the World 2012 Mayan Prophecies, many people don’t know where the Maya live.
They live in the Yucatan Peninsula, which looks like a thumb sticking out from the “hand” of Mexico.
The top of the thumb is the state of Yucatan. Then, on either side, in the middle of the thumb are the states of Campeche and Quintana Roo.
Excerpted from the End of the World 2012 EBook and the End of the World 2012 Book.
Carol Chapman director/producer of the End of the World 2012 Movie.
Continue readingThe Location of Yucatan in Mexico
A map of Mexico showing the location of Yucatan.
My husband and I love travelling in Yucatan. It is in southern Mexico. We find it very safe and enjoyable.
We love to go to Yucatan in the depths of the winter, because it is so wonderfully warm there.
If you look at a map of Mexico, it’s like a hand and the Yucatan is like a thumb. So, that’s the whole Yucatan Peninsula.
Excerpted from the End of the World EBook and the End of the World Book.
~ Carol Chapman, director/producer of the End of the World 2012 Movie
Continue readingMany people believe the ancient Mayans died away
The Maya live in the Yucatan Peninsula, which is in southern Mexico, and also includes parts of northern Central America.
With all of the buzz about the Mayan Prophecies for December 21, 2012, some people believe that the Maya are a dead race–that there are no Maya alive today. I guess these people believe this since the 2012 Mayan prophecy was made by the ancient Maya, there must not be any modern Maya. Not so.
There’s so much talk about the Maya, but there aren’t many people who know who they are. The Maya are an indigenous group. They live in Central America in Mexico. As of the year 2000, there were seven million of them. They are the largest indigenous group in the Americas. According to some sources, they may be the largest indigenous group in the world.
They suffered under the Spanish who tried to annihilate them in the “Caste War.” It started in 1847 and lasted for 54 years ending on May 5th, 1901. The Spanish slaughtered the Maya, trying to totally get rid of them.
But the Maya people themselves are very determined and steadfast and are producing lots of babies. I have that on good authority that they are replenishing their numbers.
Excerpted from the End of the World 2012 EBook and the End of the World 2012 Book.
Carol Chapman, director/producer of the End of the World 2012 Movie
Continue readingEnd of the World 2012 Movie super discounted on Amazon this weekend
Wow! The End of the World 2012 Movie is really discounted on Amazon, by $5.00. It’s gone from $17.99 to only $14.99.
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