The Maya, a civilization of Indigenous people in Central America, created a complex Mayan calendar and massive pyrami...
CSR Wire: The Mayan Calendar Portal calls on Hollywood to get 2012 right
The Maya civilization (/ ˈmaɪə /) was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. The civilization is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system ...
Mayan architecture tends to integrate a great degree of natural features. For instance, some cities sited on the flat limestone plains of the northern Yucatan grew into great sprawling municipalities, while others built in the hills of Usumacinta utilized the natural loft of the topography to raise their towers and temples to impressive heights.
Understand the three interlocking calendar systems of the ancient Maya — the sacred Tzolk'in, the solar Haab', and the astronomical Long Count. Convert any date, explore calendar mechanics, and decode the world's most sophisticated ancient timekeeping system.
Ancient Mayas predict the world will end Friday if one is to believe their calendar and prophesy. Or Is it really their idea? Nobody knows for sure. Yes, Dec. 21 is supposed to mark either the end of ...
Citizens of the world, exhale. Contrary to a ballyhooed ancient Mayan prophecy that has spawned everything from Chinese doomsday cults to Hollywood special effects extravaganzas to dire warnings that ...
NBC News: 2 months 'til doomsday? Mayan apocalypse set for Dec. 21