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 Maya themselves would not have seen Dec. 21 as the end of the world. But how does the Mayan calendar work, anyway?

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 ...

The end of the Mayan calendar put the spotlight on a people known for human sacrifices but celebrated for their past prowess in subjects such as math and astronomy. Today they live largely on the ...

The reading of the Mayan calendar was wrong according to a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and while the world didn’t end in 2012, Mayan doomsday is sometime this week or next.

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… ...

Understanding when, where, and how the Mesoamerican calendar developed is important because the 260-day system underlies many aspects of Maya cosmology, religion, and social life.

Open your presents early this year. Even though the world showed no signs of ending on Friday, the Mayan calendar is notoriously tricky. One German researcher says that Dec. 24th could be the big ...

Doomsday theorists were once convinced the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012. Apparently, the reading of the Mayan calendar was incorrect, so this is your one-week warning. A report in The New York ...

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 ...

In a blog post on its official portal, the U.S. government dismisses reports of the coming end of the world, predicted by the Mayan calendar this month.