Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people ... dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath ...

How people dress and adorn themselves has long been a primary way of showcasing their identity and communicating it to others. The ancient Maya ... one of the most important Maya rituals of ...

Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the ancient “milpa” system of the Maya revealed ...

The fact that the cenote is directly northwest of the main staircase of El Castillo, the famous central pyramid ... These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more ...

The Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C., and extended through what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras. During the civilization's peak, from A.D ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the ... Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal ...

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.