Learn more about Maya daykeepers and how they created lunar calendar tables to predict celestial events.

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

Ledo, Max Saltman, CNN San Andrés Mixquic, Mexico (CNN) — The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little ...

The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...

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Archaeologists working near Temple Mount in Jerusalem were exploring a pile of earth from an ancient drainage canal. They found a few artifacts, including a seemingly unimportant broken piece of ...

Most of the world uses a 12-month calendar. But this country follows a much older system. Their year has 13 months. The first 12 months each have 30 days. The 13th month, called Pagume, is a special, ...

“Egyptian Pharaohs: From Cheops to Ramses II:” On view through March 31. Tickets start at $45 for adults; $35 for seniors, ...

What is the moon phase today? Today, Nov. 2, 2025, the moon is 12 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

As we come to the end of October and the beginning of November, the calendar is awash with reminders of our ancestors.

The answer lies in a mix of commercial opportunism, youth demographics, globalized media, and the universal appeal of fun ...