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Does Maya calendar predict end of world Friday? USF archaeologist says no listen

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Tags: archaeology, Christian Wells, Maya, Mayan calendar, apocalypse, USF

The calendar created by Maya people has kept track of time for more than 5,000 years, but it ends this Friday, December 21. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the world is ending. That’s according to an expert on the subject who dispelled some doomsday predictions at a lecture at USF Tampa last month.

Christian Wells is an associate professor of archaeology at USF who specializes in Maya culture. According to him, the world isn’t going t...