By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks ...

Over 65 years, the France-based Annecy fest has emerged as the world capital of animation — not in terms of production, but as a preeminent showcase.

The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but new research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span ...

From human sacrifices to misunderstood doomsday prophecies, we're dispelling the popular myths about the Maya civilization.

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 Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but new research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span. That’s a much broader view of the ...

University of Texas at Austin researchers discovered evidence in Guatemala for the earliest known Maya calendar.

From Mexico's Maya Riviera to ancient Guatemalan sites, the region foresees a tourism bonanza from the fateful 21 December date in the Mayan calendar, but indigenous groups are fed up with the myth.

A mural fragment found in a Mayan site in San Bartolo, Guatemala may be the earliest evidence of the 260-day calendar.

A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya ...