Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the name of a mathematician who wrote the text around 1200 years ago ...

But he won’t be winning any awards—he died more than 1,000 years ago in the Maya empire that once flourished in Mesoamerica.

Researchers have reconstructed and transcribed a mathematical formula from the site of Xultun, Guatemala, revealing the name of a Maya astronomer for the first time. During the Classic period (250–900 ...

Scientists have long known that the Maya were great thinkers—and we may finally have at least one name to credit.

The Hijri calendar is a lunar system that guides Islamic worship, highlighting the sacred months, the virtues of Muharram, ...

The ancient Maya developed one of the most sophisticated systems of timekeeping ever created. Using a combination of calendars, numerical notation, and hieroglyphic writing, they recorded historical ...

Mexican archaeologists have uncovered ancient ruins bearing signs of Mayan culture and previously unseen architectural features in the eastern state of Veracruz, a discovery officials described as ...

The Maya Calendar, first devised by the Olmecs and perfected by the ancient Maya civilization, is a complicated timekeeping system made up of three calendars. The Long Count Calendar covers a vast ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient Maya site of El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered what may be the earliest known Long Count calendar date in the Maya lowlands. It is carved into a ...

Maya Rudolph stars as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! on Broadway, with first look production photos now released The cast includes Cheyenne Jackson, Phillip James Brannon, Bianca Leigh and Tony Macht ...

The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable ...

The NFL’s cyclical calendar brings with it plenty of important dates—the trade deadline, Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday, and the start of free agency, to name a few—but none may be more significant, ...