By Allan Hall In Berlin
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If the world ends on December 21, blame a German butterfingers who dropped a volcanic rock skull once owned by SS overlord Heinrich Himmler in his laboratory this week.
According to legend, the Mayan skull, which was stolen from Tibet by the Nazis and imbued for believers with magical powers to enable mankind to survive an apocalypse, fell and chipped during a photo shoot.
For some, this is a catastrophe that foretells the end of the world, but others advise us to keep calm and carry on.
Apocalypse soon: For some, ancient Mayan calculations indicate the world will end on December 21, 2012
'It was probably put down somewhere a bit wobbly,' an eyewitness told a German newspaper.
MANY CONVINCED THE END IS NIGH
Some interpretations of the ancient Mayan calendar point to December 21, 2012 as the end of the world.
Mexico's tourism agency expects to draw 52 million visitors this year to the five states richest in Mayan heritage to see sights such as the Pyramid of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza (pictured above).
Other theorists have found evidence of a 2012 apocalypse in the Bible or the prophesies of Nostradamus.
The hamlet of Bugarach, in the south of France, has attracted the attention of a government watchdog monitoring cults and suspicious spiritual activities.
Bugarach - and the rocky outcrop of Pic de Bugarach - have had an influx of New Age visitors who believe it is the only place in the world which will survive an apocalypse.
'Suddenly it crashed to the floor. A big piece broke off the chin. It's really tragic.'
Thomas Ritter, an historian who owns the skull, said it was given to him by the family of a former British soldier present at the 1945 arrest of Himmler, who ran the Gestapo, the SS and the extermination programme which murdered six million Jews.
He added that he believed its accident wouldn't 'anger the Gods' and that the world will still be turning on December 22.
The skull is 1,000 years old and one of the legendary Mayan skulls that belonged to the lost, ancient race of Mexico, which were said to be infused with magical powers.
The 3lb skull is made of volcanic rock and, according to Ritter, was seized by SS men sent on an expedition to Tibet between 1937 and 1939 to look for the lost city of Shangri-La.
Ritter said: 'The Nazis were convinced that 13 such skulls existed and that whoever owned them would have control of the world.'
Himmler died on May 23, 1945 using a poison capsule hidden in his mouth to take his life.
Previous owner: Heinrich Himmler, seen with his daughter Gudrun, once owned the Mayan rock skull
The Mayans shaped 13 skulls, of which nine were coloured and represented the races of men and four were as clear as glass to represent 'the beasts that walk, crawl, slide and fly'.
They were sent to their places of 'birth' until such time when all were needed to avert the catastrophe man would wreak on the planet.
The Mayans, gifted astronomers and mathematicians, calculated a date for this 'end of days' - the winter solstice, December 21, 2012.
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Who are all these clumsy people? First it was the crystal BCS trophy, next it was the Strad cello, now a magic skull!
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'It appears that Mayans forgot to include bank holidays in their calendar. Therefore world will end 2013.13.13' How come?
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It better end in 2012 otherwise I am going bankrupt, there is no chance I can afford repayments once the "buy now pay one year later" scheme ends.
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Ok!...If it's this German bloke who is to blame if the world ends on 12/21/12...where can we get our hands on him before this event happens? We'll worry about the consequences later if the event...doesn't happen. We just want to make sure he's not with us...when and if it does happens.
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is it me or did they say when it was dropped? If it was dropped a current photo shoot where are the pics? Just another Fictional Story from DM?
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Should've gone to 'Specsavers'!! Lol :-).
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Duct tape fixes all...
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@PJ Coventry , "the Mayans didn't take into account leap years so the date is wrong"...social media has a lot to answer for. What they did is every 52 years pause their sacred count for 13 days to bring it into alignment with the galactic cycle so the date of 21st December 2012 is the correct date for the end of the 12th baktun in galactic terms as calculated by the Mayans. Log out of Facebook and pick up a book!
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"theorists have found evidence of a 2012 apocalypse in the Bible"? Nonsence, there are too many Bible prophecies to be fulfilled in just 7months!! Relax you have a few years left yet ~ these are just a fraction of the signs the Bible warns us to look out for, that have not happened yet. You think that old book is out of date? ~ Wrong!! It tells of your future and the worlds. Christians will be hated by ALL nations, beheaded. Men will slay each other, Papal Rome looted and destroyed, a One world government and satanic dictator, everyone forced to receive the mark of this beast (microchip in right hand, the 666) in order to buy and sell food etc. See Revelation e.g. 16. 6,13,17,18. Enjoy life while you can, if you don't believe Gods prophetic word, it doesn't matter ~ God only knows the heart of men, they will make it happen anyway! His Light will overcome the darkness to come. The future belongs to Jesus, He promised to come back to reign on earth for thousand years.
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No. If they predicted the world to end on that specific date that many years into their future we would have died last year. This is because the 'leap year' wasn't founded till many years after the meyans so they wouldn't have taken all of the lost days into consideration... Thus proving the point of if the world was gonna end as they predicted, it would have happened by now or at least by last year
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