How he found the solution of the mystery of the ancient Mayan calendar, the oldest time-counting system in the world, was explained yesterday by Dr. H. J. Spinden of the Peabody Museum in an ...

While the study authors believe this finding reveals the only known burial of sacrificed male children, Tiesler said that the ...

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods, their sacred city, and their extraordinarily accurate calendar were ... world vision of the ancient Maya of Yucatán.

They used these calendars for farming – perhaps that ... Yax Mutal' was one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya. You are now standing in Palenque, which the ancient Mayas called ...

For centuries, solar eclipses have captivated people around the world. These celestial events, where the moon briefly ...

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary mysteries of the Mayans for three days Personal guiding and insights from archeologist ...

Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before, which is no small feat considering how thick the forest is in the indigenous group's ancestral lands ...

A grain of truth — there’s usually at least a grain of truth — about the Mayan calendar (that one of its long-running cycles ended in December 2012), interpreted by New Age quackery ...

Carvings at Ancient Monument May Be World's Oldest Calendars Aug. 6 ... June 12, 2024 — Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most ...

Incredible now and then images of the world’s most famous landmarks from the towering Giza Pyramids to the ruins of Pompeii and the Great Wall of China.

Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale. Among the Maya, smoking tobacco was more common than liquid ...