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 ...

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 ...

The Mayan Long Count calendar begins in 3114 BC, and the 13th Baktun ends around December 21, 2012. But the date on the brick could also correspond to similar dates in the past, Mr Stuart said. 'There ...

Years the Mayan calendar actually continues after this week, according to David Stuart, a professor of Mesoamerican art at the University of Texas at Austin. It simply enters a new cycle.

Keep reading to see what can be learned from the Maya and their famous calendar system. Ancient calendars tracked time in very different ways. This is only logical, considering each civilization ...

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also ... which allowed them to create very detailed and accurate calendars. They used these calendars for farming – perhaps ...

The movements of all major planets visible to the ancient Mayans fit into this extended calendar. The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but recent research ...

a unique calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone ...