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 ...

A woman walks pass as Honduran carpenter Alejandro David Espinoza Salinas carves in stone a Mayan sculpture amid the quarantine ordered by the Honduran government to help curb the spread of the novel ...

Scholars show how multiple planet movements tie into the 819-day Mayan calendar. The 819 days of the calendar must be viewed across a 45-year time period to fully understand. The movements of all ...

The enigmatic Maya calendar synchronizes all visible planets, thus solving an astronomical puzzle that had remained unsolved ...

If you thought COVID-19, civil unrest, locusts, volcanic eruptions and hurricanes signaled Armageddon — you may be right! The reading of the Mayan calendar was wrong, according to a conspiracy theory ...

The oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar has been discovered adorning a lavishly painted wall in the ruins of a city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest. The hieroglyphs, painted in black ...

*Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest rocking the nation over police brutality, many are turning to the Mayan calendar to confirm that Armageddon is near. As it turns out… yes it is, so ...

Read the student handout to familiarize yourself with the calculations that students will make. Organize students in groups. Distribute copies of the "Calendar Count" student handout. Tell students ...

Long before modern astronomers had access to advanced tools, the Maya had already unlocked the secrets of celestial events, most notably eclipses. Through a deep understanding of cycles, their ...

Today is the final day in the 13th 144,000-day cycle of the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar — otherwise known as the Mayan apocalypse. Nevermind that the ancient Maya never predicted an apocalypse, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — University of Texas at Austin researchers discovered evidence in Guatemala for the earliest known Maya calendar. According to a UT release, the researchers found and pieced together ...