The Mayan Apocalypse has been perpetuated in pop culture – in movies and through splashy tabloid headlines – even though it’s been widely debunked in archeological circles. In Mexico and Central ...

President of Honduras Visits Penn Museum to Join in Opening Celebration of World Premiere Exhibition MAYA 2012: Lords of TimePorfirio Lobo Sosa, President of the Republic of Honduras, joins Penn ...

But author John Major Jenkins says his two-decade study of Mayan ruins indicate the Maya were aware of the alignment and attached great importance to it. “If we want to honor and respect how the Maya ...

Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world. Or is it?

While downplaying Mayan theories that 2012 will be the end of the world as we know it, Mexico's archeology institute admitted Thursday that it found another reference to the alleged 2012 apocalypse on ...

This Friday morning — the infamous Dec. 21, 2012 — the 13th b’aktun of the Mayan Long Count will draw to a close. It is the final morning in a precisely determined measure of 1.872 million days, ...

December 21, 2012, marks a rather important day in the ancient Maya calendar. Some doomsayers say it will mark the end of time. Others say the day merely signifies the start of a new calendar cycle.

But most archaeologists, astronomers and Maya say the only thing likely to hit Earth is a meteor shower of New Age philosophy, pop astronomy, Internet doomsday rumors and TV specials such as one on ...