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 ...

This is a holiday that we, as humans, have been celebrating for a long time — even the Maya. Two parts of the Mayan Calendar — the Haab and the Tzolk’in — each start over in a new cycle ...

While ancient Mayan culture offered various calendar types, the one that baffled scholars the most was this 819-day calendar discovered in glyphic texts. Researchers have long believed this ...

The Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C., and extended through what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras. During the civilization's peak, from A.D ...

“This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then—just as your calendar begins again on January 1—another long-count period begins.” Fair enough. But what about the asteroid ...

Maya farming was successful because of the accurate and detailed calendars people used. The Tzolkin calendar was also known as the Sacred calendar. It was 260 days long and it was used to keep ...