What is the Mayan calendar? The Mayan calendar has been a hot topic for the past few years, thanks to Nostradamus and the 2012 myth of a doomsday apocalypse. However, despite the end of the world not happening, 2012 was definitely a year of significance for the Mayas. Now, one of the images frequently popping up alongside the mysterious and ancient calendar is the round stone calendar of the Aztecs, not the Mayas. The Aztecs and Toltec adopted the its mechanics, yet changed the names and calendar construction. A classic Mayan calendar would in fact be a monument like the … Continue reading Understanding The Mayan Calendar