Mayan priests place flowers for a ceremony at Iximche archeological site in preparation for the Oxlajuj B&#x27;aktun in Tecpan, Guatemala, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  The Oxlajuj B&#x27;aktun is on Dec. 21, marking a new period in the Mayan calendar, an event only comparable in recent times with the new millennium in 2000. While the Mayan calendar cycle has prompted a wave of doomsday speculation across the globe, few in the Mayan heartland believe the world will end on Friday.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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