galactic treasure hunt, searching for the master key to unlock the deepest mysteries of time, history, and the future, which was the holy grail of these ancient timekeepers. It wasn’t until 1950, after decades of painstaking research, that Mayan scholars were able to correlate the Mayan calendar with our modern calendar. It was then that December 21, 2012 was determined to be the end date of the world.31 Centuries ago, long before the invention of even the simplest telescope,