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SHAME: Builders Bulldoze 2,300 Year Old Mayan Pyramid

AP | PATRICK E. JONES and MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.14.2013 | Religion

BELIZE CITY -- A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract cru...

Ancient Ceremonial Site Helps Answer Key Question About Mayan Culture

Posted 04.26.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/25/2013 02:09 PM EDT on LiveScience The oldest ancient Maya ceremonial compound ever...

Mayan Demise Linked To Dramatic Weather Shift

Posted 04.12.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/11/2013 03:32 PM EDT on LiveScience The Mayan apocalypse may have been a bust, but a...

Chemists Crack Code Of Mysterious 'Mayan Blue'

Posted 04.03.2013 | Science

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 04/03/2013 09:09 AM EDT on LiveScience The ancient Maya used a vivid, remarkably durable blue paint to co...

Starting Over

Irene Tanner | Posted 03.09.2013 | Healthy Living
Irene Tanner

Though our topic remains essentially the same, let's assume that, rather than the prediction of an apocalypse actually happening, destroying our physical universe, the end of the world meant the demise of long-held, cherished and finally -- at last -- obsolete belief systems.

So Long, 2012: New Year's Resolutions I'd Like to Hear

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics
Arianna Huffington

Happy New Year, HuffPosters! May your 2013 be filled with love, laughter, passion and 365 full nights of sleep. Through the years, I've discovered something about New Year's resolutions: while it's not so easy to keep them, it's very easy to make them for other people. And a lot more fun, too. So here are some New Year's resolutions I'd like to hear assorted public figures make and keep: "I'll find better uses for my $150 million than trying to buy an election." ~ Sheldon Adelson. "I will stop endlessly repeating in your brain. Eventually." ~ The "shine bright like a diamond" refrain from Rihanna's "Diamonds (In the Sky)". "I will finally quit making excuses and coming up with crazy ideas, like armed guards at every school, and admit that guns really do kill people, and lots of them." ~ NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.

WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Shawn Amos | Posted 02.21.2013 | Technology
Shawn Amos

Instagram almost had a perfect year. Almost. So what happened?

What Will Happen When the World Ends?

Toni Nagy | Posted 02.19.2013 | Weird News
Toni Nagy

Since the beginning of the world, people have predicted the end of the world. But for the average non-extremist, you never had to take any of these doomsday theories seriously. That is, until the Mayan calendar rose in popularity.

Dear Modern People: Psych! -- Love, The Mayans

Floyd Elliot | Posted 02.17.2013 | Comedy
Floyd Elliot

Hey, modern people! How's it going? All of you making preparations for the big end of the world coming up in a few days? Really? You are? How did you people ever conquer us anyway? Because, you know what? We were totally kidding. Oh, and you know what also? You can give us back all our gold anytime now.

The Real Mayan End of the World (PHOTOS)

Fotis Kanteres | Posted 02.17.2013 | World
Fotis Kanteres

I find the sensationalized subject of the Mayan "end of the world" to demean the experience of the people here in Mayan Guatemala, many of whom experience a world that is swarmed by daily threats of an end that is very real. Recently I asked a nun about the sexual abuse of women.

Maya Calendar 101: What Does 'December 21, 2012' Really Mean?

Joshua Berman | Posted 12.18.2012 | Travel
Joshua Berman

Within the multidisciplinary world of "2012ology," theories span the gamut from serious academic discussions by glyph-deciphering Maya geeks to theorists who think that, on December 21, 2012, a magnetic phenomenon caused by the sun will trigger all human pineal glands to release a hallucinogen resulting in a mass humanity-wide acid trip.

Friday Talking Points -- Merry Cliffmas!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Here is our 238th installment of valiantly attempting to get Democrats to occasionally speak with one voice, and not get lost in the weeds of rhetoric.

The Beginning of the End: The Maya and Me

Kellee Maize | Posted 01.16.2013 | Impact
Kellee Maize

With the help of these women and my amazing collaborators at Näkturnal, I found my SELF. It's a constant growth process, but I feel closer than ever to making sense of it all.

Relocating Culture To Find A Solution To The Tragedy Of The Commons

Tobias Roberts | Posted 12.14.2012 | Religion
Tobias Roberts

Our challenge is to let go of a relative new story that has defined us as unconnected individuals acting for purely self-interest, and learn from the story that still thrives amongst people like the Mayan Ixil; a story that insists that we can act "in accord with the world."

WATCH: 14 Centuries Later, Lady Snake Lord Emerges

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.05.2012 | World

All hail Lady Snake Lord -- at least what's left of her. Archeologists believe they have discovered the tomb of the great Mayan warrior queen in Guate...

'Smoking Gun' Suggests Tomb Of Mayan Ruler Has Been Found

Posted 10.05.2012 | Science

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 10/04/2012 07:06 AM EDT on LiveScience Archaeologists say they've discovered what could be the tomb of ...

Celebrating Maya Culture, Calendar, This Friday in Boulder

Joshua Berman | Posted 11.25.2012 | Denver
Joshua Berman

This Friday, 2012: In the Beginning, a documentary film by Director Shannon Kring Buset, premiers at the Nomad Theater in Boulder. It answers questions about the Maya calendar, and will also raise money for the San Rafael School of Copán Ruinas, Honduras.

LOOK: Family Finds Maya Murals During Home Renovation

The Huffington Post | Carolina Moreno | Posted 09.14.2012 | Latino Voices

These walls have eyes. An entire procession of eyes, noses, and ears belonging to the painted figures dressed in traditional Maya and Spanish fashion ...

5 Questions About Travel For Photographer Macduff Everton

Joshua Berman | Posted 09.25.2012 | Travel
Joshua Berman

People are making billions of dollars every year off the Maya. There is the Mundo Maya, Riviera Maya, Playa Maya, Ruta Maya, but the Maya aren't profiting from this. They are the employees rather than the owners.

David Moye

If The World Ends, This Man's Voice May Be The Last You Hear

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 06.21.2012 | Weird News

Going into a new profession six months before you think the world's going to end may not be the smartest of career moves, but don't tell that to Micha...

For Ancient Indigenous Civilizations, Every Day Was Earth Day

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 03.27.2013 | Latino Voices

While today we must actually take a day off to celebrate the Earth, in Latin America, for thousand of years, indigenous communities had a relationship...

PHOTOS: The Mexico You Didn't See During Spring Break

Posted 03.28.2012 | Latino Voices

You read what our Mexican friends had to say about Spring Breakers in Cancun (they're not too fond of them). And while Cancun surely remains to be the...

WATCH: Jewelry Made From Living Beetles

Posted 03.28.2012 | Weird News

In Mexico, some art really moves right off the shelves. Maquech brooches have women swarming to pick up one of the hottest accessories: live beetle...

WATCH: NASA Scientist Takes On 2012 Doomsday Scenarios

Posted 03.12.2012 | Science

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/09/2012 09:26 AM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a...

On Matters of Optimism and Pessimism

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.28.2012 | Business
Robert Teitelman

We're at a strange moment, trembling between optimism and pessimism. Much of this is economic; after a gloomy four years or so, there are signs that a more solid economic recovery may be in the works.