It seems almost unbelievable. A 1,000-year-old Mayan manuscript might still predict solar eclipses accurately. The Dresden ...

Scientists finally unraveled the centuries-old mystery behind the Maya eclipse calendar, and the accuracy is honestly scary ...

An ancient Mayan manuscript known as the Dresden Codex has been shown to contain a remarkably accurate method for predicting ...

An ancient Mayan calendar, the Dresden Codex, was able to predict eclipses for centuries, revealing surprising scientific ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

Mayan Calendar converts Gregorian dates to the ancient Mayan calendar system. Returns the Long Count, Tzolkin (260-day sacred calendar), and Haab (365-day civil calendar) dates.. Multi-platform API ...

For decades, a mysterious 819-day cycle in the Maya calendar has resisted every neat explanation for researchers. Now, a new analysis from Tulane University scholars shows it actually tracks the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz used to have a unique selection of bedtime stories for his son. Setting aside well-known books like “Pinocchio,” they read tales closer to home.

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with strong hierarchies (kings, priests, and planners) could organize massive ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

Ek’ Balam was once the home of some 20,000 Maya and stood at the center of ancient Mayan kingdom known as “Talol.” A new discovery of a vault cap called TB 29 contains a divine interpretation of ...