There’s a belief in popular culture that the world will end in 2012.

Certainly, while watching the Roland Emmerich film of the same name, many viewers wished the world would end RIGHT HERE AND NOW JUST TO STOP THE BLOODY TORMENT CHRIST HOW LONG IS THIS FILM AT LEAST IN INDEPENDENCE DAY HARRY CONNICK JR DIED AN EXPLODEY DEATH IN A BALL OF FLAME THAT’S SOMETHING EVERYONE CAN ENJOY.

Anyway, this belief exists because it is said that the Mayan Calendar stops on 21st December 2012. The Mayans, so the story goes, had calculated that this would be the final day of existence. After this day, there would be nothing. A gaping void in the fabric of reality that would last for eternity. A bit like watching the Hollyoaks omnibus.

I’ve actually got my hands on a copy of a Mayan calendar. I show it to you now so that you may draw your own conclusions as to whether the Mayans knew something about the End of Days.

Spooky.