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Stela 46 from El Palmar, Mexico, shown left, front, and right. Scanning and 3D modeling have revealed an inscription that may include the earliest known Long Count date in the Maya lowlands. Credit: Three-dimensional modeling by Kenichiro Tsukamoto; epigraphic drawing by Octavio Q. Esparza Olguín and Kenichiro Tsukamoto; iconographic drawing by Daniel Salazar Lama, PAEP. From Ancient Mesoamerica (2026). DOI: 10.1017/S0956536126100984

Earliest Mayan date may reveal how rulers turned time into power

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A stone inscription from the site of El Palmer in Mexico appears to bear the earliest known “long count” date in the Maya lowlands: August 31, 180 AD. Researchers say the find shows that Maya rulers used
The city that may be the last city of the Lacandon rebels from Chiapas, Sac-Blanc, has been located. Photo: Josue Losada, CINAH Chiapas.

Has the lost city of the Mayans who rebelled against the Spanish been found?

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Researchers in Mexico have located a site in the jungles of Chiapas that may be Sac-Blam, “Land of the White Jaguar,” the last stronghold of the Lacandon-Chol people who resisted Spanish rule.
Maya site from the Uaxactn region in Guatemala. Illustration: depositphotos.com

When the drought didn't appear: Lake sediments in Guatemala challenge the accepted explanation for the collapse of Maya civilization

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Ruins of the Palenque temple created by the Mayan culture in Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Ancient DNA reveals secrets of the rise and fall of the Classic Maya

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Researchers from Trinity University in Ireland have succeeded in reconstructing the genome of the Mayans from Copan, Honduras, and have discovered surprising genetic connections with central Mexico — a finding that indicates migration processes, cultural influences, and demographic changes during the Mesoamerica period.
Illustration of the altar. Credit: Heather Hurst

Rewriting Mayan history: Archaeologists uncover hidden altar at Tikal

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1,600-year-old altar reveals Teotihuacan rule in central Maya city
The remains of the "wall of skulls" in the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza in Mexico. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Genetic research reveals new details about the sacrifice of human sacrifices and in particular babies among the Maya

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Ancient Mayan genomes reveal the practice of sacrificing male twins hundreds of years before Spanish settlement. In the genetic research, two pairs of male identical twins were found, which corresponds to the stories
A Mayan pyramid in the heart of a rain forest in Guatemala. Photo: shutterstock

The Story of the Storm God / Zak Zurich

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A carved wooden doorframe in the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, bearing inscriptions and a dedication with a specific date in the Mayan calendar. Photo: Museum der K

The long-term Maya calendar was calibrated to the modern calendar with the help of carbon 14 dating

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Prof. David Stewart from the University of Austin in Texas and his staff at the Mayan excavations in Guatemala. Photo: University of Texas

Mayan culture expert: The pottery discovered this year that referred to 2012 was not prophetic

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Planet X that could apparently hit us in 2012. Illustration: universe today

The end of the world did not come as the Mayans allegedly predicted. Will scientists be believed now?

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Remains of buildings from the Mayan culture. Photo: NASA

Why hasn't the end of the world come?

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How to prepare for the end of the world

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The archaeological site Tak'alik Ab'aj where ancient finds of the ruler of the Mayan tribe were found. From Wikipedia

The oldest burial site of a Mayan ruler has been discovered

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Macanquen stone tablet depicting the Mayan king Tajai Chan Ahk. Photo: Lindert, from Wikipedia

2012: It's time to change the dates

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The Great Pyramid at Chichen Itzat in Mexico on the Vernal Equinox. From Wikipedia

Today is the first day of spring

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2012 HOAX website logo

Not the end of the world 2012: there is no reason for hysteria

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The massive star Betelgeuse, which is on the verge of ending its life and going supernova. Photo: Hubble Space Telescope

2012 - New craze: Betelgeuse will explode and this will apparently hurt the Earth

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Planet X that could apparently hit us in 2012. Illustration: universe today

2012 - Is the end of the world really coming?

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

2012 and NASA's reaction video: 21/12/2012 is just the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

The fall of the Mayan culture - "They did it to themselves"

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

Characterization of the blue color of the Mayan culture

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

Brief History of Time - Part I

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

2012: There Is No Planet X (Nibiru)

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

The end of the world will not come in 2012

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A crystal skull from Mexico in the British Museum. Photo: shutterstock

Are the famous crystal skulls fake?

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An international team of researchers who analyzed two crystal skulls with advanced scientific tools concluded that they were not created in ancient Mexico
Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

There is no longer any dispute: the Aztecs and the Maya sacrificed human beings - and brutally

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

1,200 years later, the "Supreme War Leader" is here again

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

King Thach Chan's Diplomatic Ball Game But

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

2,600 years ago the Maya were already churning chocolate

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

On eight postmodernist vanities

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

Hieroglyphs reveal the struggles that preceded the fall of the Mayan civilization

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