An illustration of K'awiil, the Maya god of storm, on pottery. K2970 from the Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., CC BY-SA ...

But was the light beam a sign from the gods — a warning about Dec. 21, 2012, the date that marks the end of the Mayan calendar cycle, and when some people fear the world will end? Or is it ...

“Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art,” opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Nov. 21, draws on recent archaeological finds to assemble nearly 100 artworks from the ...

When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to ...

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App On “The Nectar of the Mayan Gods,” Pati is in the magic town of Maní to learn about something sacred to the Mayans ...

When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to ...

When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to ...