A TV show on the Maya civilization is what first sparked 11-year-old Simon Martin’s interest in the subject. Ever since that fateful day in the early ’70s, Martin, of England, has taken his interest ...

If some interpretations of the Mayan calendar are correct, we’ll all be gone next year. While every other doomsday prediction has (obviously) come and gone, some people think that the Maya knew ...

This article reviews media coverage of the much-hyped end of a cycle in the Maya long count calendar in December 2012, focusing on the efforts of different indigenous and non-indigenous agents in ...