Find out about inventions and innovations in the Maya civilisation with this Bitesize Primary year 3/4 History guide.

Nov. 16, 2006 — -- The remarkable accomplishments of the Maya were developed independently from those that arose in regions outside the Western Hemisphere. Their culture, as exemplified in ...

Dec. 21 marks the end of the Mayan calendar — a time of celebration for the ancient people, scientists say, although some modern day folks worry it's a sign of the apocalypse. It may not be the ...

Second, there is no support in ancient Mayan writings for the idea that 2012 had any more significance to the ancient Maya than any Dec. 31 has for us.