For years, headlines about the “Mayan calendar” focused on end-of-the-world myths. Behind those stories sat a real scientific puzzle that experts could not quite solve. Now researchers say they ...

Meso Maya turns 13 on Aug. 16, and it’s not just any anniversary for the restaurant specializing in interior Mexican cuisine. In Mayan cosmology, the number 13 represented the beginning of a whole new ...

CHICO — If the end of the world has not yet arrived by Saturday, Gateway Science Museum will host an education station that explores the Mayan number system. From 1-3 p.m., visitors may learn how they ...

Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations. The buried room ...

A vast city built by the ancient Maya and discovered nearly a century ago is finally starting to yield its secrets. Excavating for the first time in the sprawling complex of Xultún in Guatemala's ...