Better grab your bucket list: There's less than 100 days left for you to finish it off -- if you believe in the Mayan apocalypse.

In short, how exactly does the Mayan calendar work, and why to people think it foretells the end of the world? For a closer look at Mayan math and their calendar system, HowStuffWorks has an ...

Open your presents early this year. Even though the world showed no signs of ending on Friday, the Mayan calendar is notoriously tricky. One German researcher says that Dec. 24th could be the big ...

With chatter about the Maya apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Maya calendar "ends" on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that ...

The Mayan Long Count Calendar, which did not predict a doomsday, included dates written out as five hieroglyphs separated by four periods. (Image credit: Hannah Gleghorn | Shutterstock) ...

A profound mystery surrounding the ancient Mayan calendar might finally have been solved. Previous research, on historic inscriptions, has found that the ancient Mayans used a calendar system ...

The Mayan calendar ends December 21, 2012, a date many believe will be significant in that it will wipe out the human race and possibly the whole Earth.

For more than 120 years the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex — an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data — has been of great interest to scholars around the world. The accuracy of its ...

Re-cycled Mayan calendar nonsense Discover the truth behind Mayan calendar cycles and the misconceptions surrounding December 21, 2012 predictions. Dive into ancient Mayan astronomy!