Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day) and the 365-day, solar-based Haab’. Combined ...

The ancient Maya, a civilization that thrived in Mexico and Central America centuries ago, kept accurate calendars; one of them marks the end of a 5,126-year cycle, or the Long Count, on December 21, ...

Baktuns were roughly 394-year periods and 13 was a significant, sacred number for the Mayans. The Mayan Long Count calendar begins in 3114 BC, and the 13th Baktun ends around December 21, 2012. But ...

This event happened 99 days before the "period-ending" Maya Long Count date of 9.14.0.0.0. Just as we do, the Maya felt "round number" jubilees and ends of decades were important. Here the royal ...