Book description
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. 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.
