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In 2018, researchers used geophysical imaging beneath El Castillo: The discovery below the pyramid pointed to a hidden cenoteDeep within the famed El Castillo pyramid of Chichén Itzá, Mexico, an intriguing mystery has come to light. Explorations have unveiled a si...
What Archaeologists Found Hidden in the Guatemalan Rainforest Is Changing Our Perception About The Early Mayan CivilizationAn ancient Maya city, Los Abuelos, hidden for nearly 3,000 years in Guatemala's jungles, has been unearthed. Dating back to 800-500 BCE, th...
Children were sacrificed in THIS Mayan temple. DNA analyses reveal allA recent in-depth study has revealed that children were sacrificed in the city of Chichen Itza, built on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
- America's Old Tryst With Kinich Ahau
Unlike what we, in Asia, consider to be GAE - the decline of the US as a global power - Monday's phenomenon was the celestial spectacle of ...
Ancient soccer scoreboard found at Yucatan peninsula, MexicoThe circular piece displays hieroglyphic writing and is over 32 cm tall.
Archaeologists unearth 1,300-yr-old sculpture of Mayan God in the ruins of MexicoThe artefact was found in Palenque facing east to west.
More proof that India was the hero of zeroA revival of the ancient Indian practice of explaining mathematical concepts in verse could certainly prove to be a worthwhile way to make ...
Ancient Indian text pushes back history of zero by 500 yearsThe numbers appear in an ancient Indian text called the Bakhshali manuscript, which consists of 70 leaves of birch bark, filled with mathem...
Planning a trip? Here's why you should be headed to BelizeNot many people have heard of Belize, a tiny country on the eastern coast of Central America; tucked between Mexico, Guatemala and the Cari...
15-year-old boy discovers lost ancient Mayan cityGadoury has named the newly discovered Mayan metropolis K'aak Chi, after reading about their 2012 apocalypse prediction.
Ancient Maya activities left lasting impact on environmentMaya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today's environ...
2600-year-old Mayan city with unique grid layout foundThe city, which contains flat-topped pyramids, was in use between roughly 600 BC and 300 BC, a time when the first cities were being constr...
A film made a quarter-century ago got quite a few things right about 2015Great Scott, it’s actually 2015 now — two years and a bit over the deadline for the end of the world according to the ancient Mayans’ predi...
Drought may have led to collapse of Mayan civilisationAlthough the findings are not the first to link a drought to Mayan culture's demise, new results strengthen case that dry periods were inde...
- If the world ends on December 21, many other events will be stymied
Despite many explanations to the contrary, it does seem that people in many countries do feel that the world will definitely come to an end...
Myth or maya?A friend sent an anthology called Mystery of 2012, which she published in Mumbai under her imprint. One essay delves into the mysteries of ...
- Asteroid DA14 knocking out satellites would be worse than hitting Earth
There should be no reason, then, to think that the 1,40,000-tonne asteroid called DA14, is the harbinger of the ancient Mayan doomsday pred...
- A slew of rare opportunities, which promise extraordinary lifetime experiences
Make your own list of destinations you aspire to visit and adventure activities you want to try your hand at. ET-Travel suggests a slew of ...
- Tourism may be benefitted
2012 doomsday predictions can yield short-term tourism benefits.
- Dead right
What could happen between now and 2012 that could portend the end of the world?