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Apocalypse : A History Of The End Of Time
Paperback Edition: 1
The ancient Egyptians would have known it as the sixth day of Pachon. The Mayans named it 4 Ahau 3 Kankin. To us it is 21 December, 2012. On this day, it is said, the world will come to an end. This is not the
first time we've been told that our time is up. And - touch wood - it probably won't be the last. Religious and secular, past and present - Apocalypse covers each and every one of our prophesized dooms: featuring asteroids, Antichrists, solar flares, Singularities, Utopias, UFOs, Zoroastrians and Zapotecs, to mention but a small few. The result is a thorough history of one the most fascinating threads of our cultural existence: spanning from the first warnings of our ancient ancestors, to the contemporary (yet equally glum) forecasts for our future.
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Pages : 272
Publisher : Quercus
Publication date : 2012-04-26
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Reference, Social Sciences, History, General Reference, Sociology, Social & Cultural History, Conspiracy Theories