In fact, many pictures of Mayan gods and goddesses depict them as having human characteristics mixed with animal features. Kukulkan and Chichen Itza Ruins The ancient city of Chichen Itza is said ...

NBC 5 and the Kimbell Art Museum invite you to experience Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art, May 7 through September 3 at the Kimbell Art Museum. This monumental and acclaimed exhibition ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Maya urn featuring a depiction of a pre-Hispanic corn deity. The artifact was uncovered during archaeological rescue investigations carried out by Mexico's ...

The Maya’s god of lightning has been seen by experts before, but rarely like this. ... Photos show his rare grave . April 26, 2023 6:55 PM . Read Next . National ...

The ancient Maya god K’awiil, left, had an ax or torch in his forehead as well as a snake in place of his right leg. K5164 from the Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard ...

Officials found rare sculpture of the Mayan God of Lightning, K’awiil, ... Photos show his rare grave . April 26, 2023 3:55 PM . Read Next . National ...

The Popol Vuh, a sacred Maya K’iche narrative of the creation of the world, underscores the sacred character of agriculture by describing how the first humans were modeled from corn by the gods ...

The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza, also known as El Castillo, stands as a testament to the Mayan civilization's advanced understanding of astronomy and architecture. The temple's design, with ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods'. The archaeologist who led the discovery, Lorena Paiz, said the ...

Amid the struggles that fill many images here, the Mayan god of maize, or corn, was often portrayed as eternally youthful and dancing, like corn stalks in a breeze. Limestone, 715 A.D., originally ...

Officials found rare sculpture of the Mayan God of Lightning, K’awiil, near the path of a large-scale train construction project in Mexico.