National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient ...

The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Before the 1970s, ancient Maya history was impenetrable. The civilization’s grand ceremonial buildings and ...

From Maya calendars to WWII tech, Latin American writers explore how science shapes literature. Science and technology have existed in Latin America since well before Columbus arrived. But how have ...

For years, headlines about the “Mayan calendar” focused on end-of-the-world myths. Behind those stories sat a real scientific puzzle that experts could not quite solve. Now researchers say they ...

Event Abstract: Ancient Maya cosmology and sociocultural conduct was entwined with a complex calendar system. This is evident from thousands of stone inscriptions and other extant texts, especially ...

Scientists finally unraveled the centuries-old mystery behind the Maya eclipse calendar, and the accuracy is honestly scary for something that old. This video breaks down how the Maya predicted solar ...

CU Linguistics, Anthropology, and CNAIS welcome Richard A. Sandoval of Metropolitan State University of Denver for a lecture exploring how Ancient Maya scribes encoded time, cosmology, and social ...

Only two Maya monuments refer to the end of the 13th bak'tun, which will occur on December 21 (or 23) this year. Part of the controversy over what will happen on that day stems from the inscription on ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 12 th century C.E. codex from Maya culture accurately predicts solar eclipses. The eclipse table in the Dresden Codex was a lunar calendar that ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table. This codex, which was ...