Hunbatz Men, identified as a Mayan elder and priest, led the ceremony as part of a series of gatherings at sacred sites that will culminate in December at the “Crystal Skulls World Mysteries ...

Getty Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization.

Languages: English, Spanish Skulls found at an ancient Mayan site have revealed evidence of a gruesome ritual from more than a thousand years ago. Four months ago, archaeologists with the Mexican ...

It’s an apropos description of the cave former purpose, as a depository of fragments of human remains sacrificed by the Maya people to their rain god. If that sounds violent, that’s because it was.

Over 1,000 years ago, multiple Mayan men were decapitated at a temple in modern-day Mexico. Now, archaeologists have unearthed their skulls, shedding light on the culture and health of the Mayans ...

An ancient Mayan skull made of volcanic rock and believed to have magic powers to protect humanity on Dec. 21, 2012 — the date widely interpreted by modern scholars to be that of the end of the ...

Carly is a geoscientist reporting scientific innovation and discovery. Tooth enamel from the skulls of 1000-year-old Maya human sacrifices were isotopically analyzed with the goal of elucidating ...

A toothy Mayan skull, made of limestone and in the shape of a monkey head, is set to go on display at a Maya exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Canada. But unlike the famous crystal ...

The 'crystal skulls' relics of ancient American civilisations have all been exposed as fakes - but a Mayan carved skull appears to be the real thing. Not only that, experts believe the relic ...

Mayan warfare Nasty skull fractures are a sign Mayan armies engaged in open warfare with weapons that included spiked clubs, new research suggests. The findings come from a study of skulls ...