The Mayan Apocalypse has been perpetuated in pop culture – in movies and through splashy tabloid headlines – even though it’s been widely debunked in archeological circles. In Mexico and Central ...

The idea that the Maya calendar “reset” in 2012 and took the world with it was always a projection of modern anxiety, not an ancient prophecy. As researchers keep pointing out, the real story is less ...

But author John Major Jenkins says his two-decade study of Mayan ruins indicate the Maya were aware of the alignment and attached great importance to it. “If we want to honor and respect how the Maya ...

While downplaying Mayan theories that 2012 will be the end of the world as we know it, Mexico's archeology institute admitted Thursday that it found another reference to the alleged 2012 apocalypse on ...

President of Honduras Visits Penn Museum to Join in Opening Celebration of World Premiere Exhibition MAYA 2012: Lords of TimePorfirio Lobo Sosa, President of the Republic of Honduras, joins Penn ...

NASA scientists took time on Wednesday (Nov. 28) to soothe 2012 doomsday fears, warning against the dark side of Mayan apocalypse rumors — frightened children and suicidal teens who truly fear the ...

My friends Nancy and David Orr own a gorgeous bed-and-breakfast in San Cristóbal, Mexico, called the Casa Felipe Flores – and you better book early if you want a room this year. San Cristóbal sits in ...

If some interpretations of the Mayan calendar are correct, we’ll all be gone next year. While every other doomsday prediction has (obviously) come and gone, some people think that the Maya knew ...