The ancient Mayans are celebrated for their towering pyramids, intricate temples and sophisticated knowledge of astronomy.

Scholars show how multiple planet movements tie into the 819-day Mayan calendar. The 819 days of the calendar must be viewed across a 45-year time period to fully understand. The movements of all ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 12 th century C.E. codex from Maya culture accurately predicts solar eclipses. The eclipse table in the Dresden Codex was a lunar calendar that ...

History Hit, the podcast, SVOD and content platform network founded by Dan Snow, is heading deep into the jungles of Belize ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: While the Gregorian calendar is our best attempt at rendering Earth's solar reality on paper, it's far from the most complex calendrical system out ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: The research team scoured the 12th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table. This codex, which was ...