Freke Friday: ‘2012,’ or how to make a reservation for Noah’s Ark

For those who can’t wait for the Earth’s looming destruction in three years’ time, the future starts now in director Roland Emmerich’s aptly, ominously titled “2012.” About 3,000 years ago, the Mayans, a highly developed but primitive civilization in the Southern American continent, predicted the world would end in 2012. Full story