The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...

MEXICO CITY — Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly “running out” on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it’s not the ...

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A bold prophecy from a South African preacher has triggered digital chaos, as social media continues to discuss posts, satire, and spiraling speculation about the rapture, possibly as soon as tomorrow ...

Audiences jaywalk to a Eugene O'Neill play at the Mayan in 1937 Credit: Works Progress Administration Collection/Los Angeles Public Library Audiences jaywalk to a Eugene O’Neill play at the Mayan in ...

The company that runs the Mayan in downtown Los Angeles has announced that it will close at the end of September after hosting 35 years of performances. Owners of the historic venue posted a farewell ...

The Mayan, a popular music venue and nightclub in downtown L.A., announced Monday morning that it will be closing under its current management after a 35-year run. “It is with heavy yet grateful ...

Did you know scientists have finally cracked the mystery behind the ancient Mayan calendar? For years, people were fascinated by its complex design and thought it might predict the end of the world.

Before the Spanish colonised Central America in the 16th century, the ancient Maya were one of the most sophisticated civilisations in the Western Hemisphere. They developed a complex calendar system ...