Archaeologists report a striking find in Guatemala of the first Maya art on a wall, as well as the oldest known Maya ... Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists. Published. 10 May 2012.

Archaeologists report a striking find in Guatemala of the first Maya art on a wall, as well as the oldest known Maya ... Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists. Published. 10 May 2012.

The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world's end is imminent, say researchers.

Archaeologists excavating a Mayan site in San Bartolo, Guatemala have discovered what they believe to be the oldest calendar notation from the region, which they date to between 300 and 200 BCE.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The Internet has been abuzz with rumors that the world will end - or at least be transformed - on Friday, December 21, when a 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar comes to ...

Bingo! The apocalypse myth, says Stuart, is that the Mayan calendar shows the world ending after 13 periods, or 5,000 years, also called baktun. We are supposedly coming up on the end of the last one.

Rest assured, however, that nothing written on those walls foretells the world coming to an end on December 21st 2012, as some have feared through a misinterpretation of the Maya Long Count calendar.

Guatemala will celebrate the end of a cycle on the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, but, contrary to popular belief, U2 won't be there. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. NEWSLETTER SIGNUP.

The Mayan calendar and its predictions are hot topics these days. We know that the Mayans were a culture with extremely advanced knowledge of astronomy, stonework art and construction, herbal ...