To the ancient Maya, 13 b'ak'tuns represented a full cycle of creation; one carving refers to a god associated with calendar changes returning that day. There are no apocalyptic prophecies, however.

Researchers recently uncovered a massive ancient Mayan city, nestled below the dense rainforests of northern Guatemala, an ...

The reading of the Mayan calendar was wrong according to a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and while the world didn’t end in 2012, Mayan doomsday is sometime this week or next.

A CONSPIRACY theorist claims that the ancient Mayan civilization has predicted that the world will end this week. The bizarre claim is a follow on from the theory that the world was supposed to end… ...

Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín continues his ongoing exploration of the knot and its capacity for metaphor at Elizabeth Xi Bauer ...

To the ancient Maya, 13 b'ak'tuns represented a full cycle of creation; one carving refers to a god associated with calendar changes returning that day. There are no apocalyptic prophecies, however.

If the ancient Mayan calendar is no better at portending doomsday down to the hour (modern-day Maya don't even believe it themselves), then Dec. 21 is destined to join this random list of ...

A newly discovered Maya text reveals the "end date" for the Mayan calendar, becoming only the second known document to do so. But unlike some modern people, ancient Maya did not expect the world ...

If you observe the ancient Mayan calendar, then your time's running out. Dr Karl has been rummaging through ancient Mayan scribblings that are said to indicate an apocalyptic end by 2012.

The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but recent research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span.

The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, ... While ancient Mayan culture offered various calendar types, ...

The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but new research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span.