The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. "This is the oldest text where, to ...

You may want to mark Friday on your calendar. That's the day of the winter solstice, and also the end of the 5,125-year Mayan "long count" calendar. It's also the day that 10 percent of humanity fears ...

An anthropologist believes he uncovered a second script on Altar Q, one of the most famous and elaborately carved Mayan monuments, and it is unusual: sign language. The anthropologist claims that the ...

Scholars of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar — and modern-day explorers sipping on ayahuasca — are torn over the implications of the date December 21, 2012, the end of a long count “b’ak’tun” in ...

Saturday, the 22nd of this month, figures to be one of the busiest shopping days ever. That's because the world is scheduled to end Dec. 21. Some people will use any reason to put off Christmas ...

Juana C. Batz, K'iche' Maya from Guatemala gives her opinion on the meaning of the end of the Maya Long Count Calendar. Usage conditions apply ...

The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims. "This is the oldest text where, to ...

According to conspiracy theorists, fear-mongers, schizophrenic wizards, and new-age paranoiacs, the world is gonna end in approximately 853 days when the Mayan long-count calendar comes to a close.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study claims that Altar Q, made by the Maya in the eighth century A.D., may convey a deeper ...