Maya civilization

A Mayan temple is seen on a foggy morning.

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

Commentary

Cancun, on the Yucatan peninsula, is one of Mexico’s most visited cities, while nearby Mayan villages struggle with poverty and lack of economic opportunities. A newly proposed train line could help fix that, but at what cost to the people and ecosystem?

For Mexico’s Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life

Arts, Culture & Media

Ancient Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed, Mostly Reduced to Rubble for Use as Road Fill

Conflict & Justice

Bax’abola: Maya Baseball Takes off in the US

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

End of the World Celebrants Gather at Mayan Pyramid

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Predicting the End of the World

The Mayan Long Count Calendar comes to the end of its 5125-year cycle. New age prophecies, based on the ancient calendar, warn the world will end when the cycle concludes in December 2012. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman travels to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza to track down the truth.

Deciphering Mayan Calendar Records

Excavations at the ancient Maya city of Xultun in Guatemala have revealed a remarkable find; centuries old calendar calculations.

The World

Guatemala Looking to Cash On 2012 Doomsday Theory

Global Politics

People in Guatemala, the Maya heartland, are not buying the doomsday tale, though some so hope to cash in on it.

Mayan Predictions for 2012, German Analysis and a Little Village in France

Not long ago I was in a little village in southwest France where new age doomsayers were gathering on a mountaintop they believe will be saved when the world ends in 2012 […]

The World

Predicting the End of the World

The Mayan Long Count Calendar is nearing the end of its 5125 year cycle. New age prophecies, based on the ancient calendar, warn the world will end when the cycle concludes in December 2012.