In the ancient city of Xultzn in Guatemala, scientists have found paintings - one depicting a line-up of men in black uniforms, and hundreds of scrawled numbers relating to the Mayan calendar.

Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day) and the 365-day, solar-based Haab’.

Archaeologists excavating a Mayan site in San Bartolo, Guatemala have discovered what they believe to be the oldest calendar notation from the region, which they date to between 300 and 200 BCE.

You might recall that the world was supposed to end back in 2012, according to some interpretations of the “end” of the Mayan calendar.Now a new interpretation is circulating that essentially ...

The preservation of the artwork surprised archaeologists, given the dwelling's shallow depth Archaeologists working at the Xultun ruins of the Maya civilisation have reported striking finds ...

Those of you who take everything that the U.S. government says and does with a large grain of salt, be afraid, be very afraid, because the government has now made it official that the world will ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some say that the Mayan Calendar predicts that the end of the world is about 48 hours or so away. Most actual scientists and experts on Mayan culture call the prediction si… ...