Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

who have approached the question through their knowledge of the Aztecs. It is now possible to correlate every date in the Mayan calendar with the corresponding date in the Georgian calendar now in ...

Stuart’s book will be the second title in this new PUP-Planeta partnership, which launched in 2024 with the publication of Puerto Rico: A National History / Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación by ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

Unlike the Maya, Mesoamerica's other pre-Columbian powerhouse, the Aztec are exclusively identified with Mexico, and today it spares no opportunity to mythologize them. In the center of the ...

Read More: The Maya Civilization's Religion Was More Than Just Ritual Sacrifices At its core, Aztec sacrifice was ... when ...

The Maya used the name Kukulkan to refer to ... ceremonies dedicated to Quetzalcoatl took place according to the Aztec ritual calendar. People adorned ceremonial artifacts with serpent motifs ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Perched on the Riviera Maya, roughly 14 miles north ...