With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that ...

The discovery of a clear calendar date at a Preclassical Maya site shows that ancient peoples were using the calendar around 300 B.C.

The Mayan calendar is based on a 20-day cycle in 394-year increments known as a Baktun. On one tablet at a set of ruins in Mexico, the calendar stops at Baktun 13.

With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that ...

With chatter about the Maya apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Maya calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that ...

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’.

The Mayan calendar began around 5,125 years ago. According to their mythology, that was the time when this world was created. But they also believed that other worlds had existed previously.

The Mayan calendar's new cycle happens to complement a new exhibition fittingly-titled "Utopia/Dystopia." An opening reception will run from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by a party featuring local bands ...

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… ...

Calendar cycles were divided into “baktuns” — periods of 144,000 days — and Dec. 21 marks the day when the Mayan calendar rolls into its 13th cycle, with a date of “13.0.0.0.0.” ...

Many of these rumors involve the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 (it won’t), a comet causing catastrophic effects (definitely not), a hidden planet sneaking up and colliding with us (no and no ...