ancient culture that held one of the largest empires in the ancient world from roughly 1,800 B.C. to 900 A.D., read on to ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

Looking back and reminding ourselves of these facts is a valuable lesson we could all benefit from. The post 4 Lessons We Can Learn from One of the Oldest Time Systems: The Mayan Calendar appeared ...

According to a report in National Geographic News, the first myth debunked by scientists is that the Maya calendar doesn't end in 2012, as some have said, and the ancients never viewed that year ...

Still, plenty of people around the world are taking precautions ahead of the day when the Mayan calendar ends and, the theory goes, so does life as we know it. Here, a look at some of the unusual ...

How he found the solution of the mystery of the ancient Mayan calendar, the oldest time-counting system in the world, was explained yesterday by Dr. H. J. Spinden of the Peabody Museum in an ...

The Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C., and extended through what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras. During the civilization's peak, from A.D ...

The Mayan civilization, based in modern day Mexico and Central America, reached its height from 300 AD to 900 AD and had a talent for astronomy Its Long Count calendar begins in 3,114 BC ...