Open your presents early this year. Even though the world showed no signs of ending on Friday, the Mayan calendar is notoriously tricky. One German researcher says that Dec. 24th could be the big ...

On Friday, Dec. 21, some say, the Mayan apocalypse will arrive and the world will end. Fortunately, it won't.

Maya inventors present their ideas to a panel of entrepreneurs, hoping for an investment of cacao beans, in this entertaining reality TV parody. This short film is suitable for teaching history at ...

Giant fossilized teeth from extinct megalodon sharks may have inspired portrayals of a primordial sea monster in Mesoamerican creation myths, according to a new study of the concepts of sharks in ...

In this entertaining reality TV parody, a labourer designs, builds and furnishes his nah, or traditional Maya home. This short film is suitable for teaching history at Key Stages 2 and 3 in ...

New research reveals that the Mayan empire would offer young boys, including twins, for human sacrifices in the ancient city of Chichén Itzá — linking the findings to the Hero Twins myth from ...

On Friday, Dec. 21, some say, the Mayan apocalypse will arrive and the world will end. Fortunately, it won't. A bold claim, we know, but if it's good enough for NASA, it's good enough for us. The ...

Giant fossilized teeth from extinct megalodon sharks may have inspired portrayals of a primordial sea monster in Mesoamerican creation myths.