Maya calendar was written 5,125 years ago.

Some

said the calendar marked that December 21st, 2012

represented the end of an age, while some argue that

this means a whole new begin of humanity. They hold

an optimistic attitude toward this beginning since it will

bring the whole world love and peace.

Michael Coe, a Maya expert read the piece

named apocalypse in the 1960s. It was commonly

believed and widespread by ancient Mesoamericans.

Revealed on the apocalypse, humanity would be

cleansed on December 21st, 2012. Since then, rumors

related to doomsday derived from the apocalypse have

been widely discussed. Besides, the apocalypseis also

featured in many Hollywood films, which makes this

topic blew up social media.

However, archeologists deny such rumors: in fact,

the ancient Mayans never foresaw the doomsday. They

just liked to add meanings to numbers. They devised a

calendar system, carefully recording Mayan histories

and important events. They used bak’tunto measure

time and each cycle was roughly 40 decades. Thus,

archeologists believe that the apocalypse simply

means the previous bak’tun was coming to an end and

the next cycle is going to begin.

Explain the purpose of each paragraph.

1.Paragraph 1: Two opinions toward Maya

calendar

2.Paragraph 2: has become a household

topic

3.Paragraph 3: Simply the of two cycles