Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

Here, a look at some of the unusual happenings, by the numbers: From our morning news ... Earth-shattering phenomena. Years the Mayan calendar actually continues after this week, according to ...

Besides its calendar purposes, this is also where Mayan names came from. The numbers associated with ‘months’ within the Tzolk’in were used to name children. For example, a girl must always ...

It is based on a thirteen-month lunar calendar called the Tzolk'in, which consists of twenty day signs and thirteen numbers. Mayan astrology focuses on understanding the energies of these day ...