The Maya Calendar – Part 5 – The Long Count in the Maya Inscriptions
This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...
The Maya Calendar – Part 4 – The Calendar Round
This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...
The Maya Calendar – Part 3 -Tzolkin, the Sacred Calendar
This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...
The Maya Calendar – Part 2 – Haab, the Solar Year
This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...
The Maya Calendar – Part 1 – Introduction – How does it work?
This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...
The Ancient Maya – Sharer & Traxler – 6th Edition – Stanford University Press – 2006
This article about the book The Ancient Maya by Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler, is the first one of a series of articles about Maya books that I plan to publish during...
The Top 100 Travel Quotes – Inspirational Travel Quotes and Proverbs
Here you find more than 100 rare and famous travel quotes and sayings for your inspiration. ————————— Have a plan and stick to it.Heinrich Harrer The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those...
Getting around Chiapas – Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan
On the second part of the trip we are leaving the main tourist areas. The area becomes more “exotic” from here on. Most sites were founded during the preclassic area of the ancient Maya...
Getting Around Petén – Guatemala – Visit All Famous Maya Ruins
The third and last chapter of this article will guide you deep in the pre-classic period of the Mayan history. We leave México now and cross the border to Guatemala. In the second chapter...
Mayapan – last big town of the ancient Maya in Yucatán
Mayapan is a historic site of the Maya in the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is considered to be the last big Mayan town in the history of ancient Mayan civilization. Mayapan was...
