Early Mayan calendar does not predict apocalypse

Maya Blue Paint Recipe Deciphered
A Maya king, seated and wearing an elaborate head dress of blue feathers, adorns the north wall of the ruined house discovered at the Maya site of Xultún. An attendant, at right, leans out from behind the king’s head dress. The painting by arti (Heather Hurst, copyright National Geographic Society)

The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world's end is imminent, researchers said May 10.