Stream these free science programs and more this February through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Anna Torres Celebrate the Mayan New Year with a Mayan astronomy webinar in ...

For more than 120 years, the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data, has been of great interest to scholars around the world. The accuracy of its ...

Remember way back in the days and months leading up to the year 2012, when everyone was sure the world would end all based on this: the Mayan calendar. Well, it’s been more than a decade since and ...

Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 ...

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 Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars ...

K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his history. For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E.

NEW YORK - Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar ...

Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar ...

A Mexican hotel has created a cocktail list inspired by Mayan astronomy. It features the traditional Mexican flavors in thirteen cocktails are based on traits of Mayan astrological signs. In the Mayan ...