Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day) and the 365-day, solar-based Haab’. Combined ...

Hundreds of Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala celebrated the new solar year at Kaminaljuyu with a spiritual ceremony. This marks a new cycle in the Chol Ab' Mayan calendar. View on euronews ...

Hundreds of Indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala ushered in the new year according to their calendar with a spiritual ceremony at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala City, on Tuesday.

For example, the Babylonians used a luni-solar year while the Egyptians used a lunar year, although they both were still off. However, the Mayan calendar was ahead of its time in its calculations.

Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day) and the 365-day, solar-based Haab’. Combined ...