On one side of the sculpture, two serpents intertwine and hold a grotesque figure and a blood-letter (an instrument that allowed one to draw one’s own blood for sacrifice to the gods). Performing ...

In Jorge Gutierrez’s Netflix fantasy epic “Maya and the Three,” audiences ... into the underworld and battle against sinister gods. Drawing influence from Mesoamerican history, art and ...

Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that supported millions of people in what is now Mexico and Central America. “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art,” opening ...

Stone carvings depict the heads of gods emerging directly from these ... a 7th century queen consort in the ancient Maya city, drawing a barbed rope through her tongue.

Along with the mosaic mask designed to resemble the Maya storm god, researchers found 16 mollusk shells and hieroglyphs carved into human femurs (thigh bones), including one drawing depicting a ...

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 ...

an animal that represented several forms of ancient Maya gods. Catherwood’s highly romanticized illustration is one of the only Western records of the colossal head before it dropped to the ground. It ...