The present world will end on December 22, 2012. So prophesied the Maya fifteen hundred years ago. These mysterious people and the inscriptions they left behind on their ruined temples have baffled scholars for centuries. Now, using their knowledge of sunspot cycles, the authors have decoded theseancient prophecies to provide a prophetic vision of the future of the Earth. Photos & illustrations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.