Maya Calendar 101: What does “December 21, 2012†really mean?
byMaya Calendar 101: What does “December 21, 2012†really mean? By Joshua Berman The hour is upon us. This Friday at the stroke of…
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Film Premiere and Maya Culture Event this Friday in Boulder!
by# # # Joshua Berman is a columnist for the Denver Post and author of Maya 2012: A Guide To Celebrations In Mexico, Guatemala,…
Ancient Chocolate Sauce: Discovery of 2500-year-old cacao remnants in Mexico’s Puuc Region
byI get all my Maya world news by reading the daily digests I receive from the FAMSI Aztlan listserve, an email group intended for…
5 Questions for Macduff Everton, photographer and author of The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán
byPhotographer Macduff Everton’s latest book, The Modern Maya: Incidents of Travel and Friendship in Yucatán (University of Texas Press, 2012), was 40 years in…
“Visiting the Mundo Maya” on June 2, 2012, episode of “Travel with Rick Steves”
byMy interview with Rick Steves about “Visiting the Mundo Maya” aired on radio stations across the land yesterday on the June 2, 2012 episode Travel with…
Article and Slide Show on 2012 Tourism in the Maya Region
byMy first column in Huffington Post Travel appears today: “The Maya World Braces For 2012 Apocalypse, Tourism Boom.” Despite the title and the hundreds…
Second Reference to 12/21/2012 discovered in Mexico? Probably not, say scientists.
byAs always, when it comes to anything having to do with Maya 2012, your first assumption should always be “don’t believe the hype.” That…
My Maya 2012 Travel Blog at Moon.com
byYes, I’ve been double-blogging. It’s been a few months now. I’m posting puro Mundo Maya travel in the year 2012 so be sure to…
Interview in today’s Charlotte Observer: Foreign Correspondent page
byThanks to John Bordsen, Travel Editor of the Charlotte Observer, for interviewing me in his foreign correspondent column this week: “Mayan sites worth the…
Glass-floor hotel room on private island in Belize: Watch fish and ‘facetime your houseman’!
byI couldn’t resist sharing this photo from Cayo Espanto, a private island for rent on the back side of Ambergris Caye in Belize. This…