Living gods, frantic poker festivals and fortune telling are all just a slice of what's on in Riviera Maya and Yucatán this month.
The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...
This feathered serpent deity from some of the oldest phases of the Maya pantheon worked with the god Tepeu to create the world and the underworld. The feathered serpent, not to be confused with ...
The effect creates a shadow that descends the main staircase and seems to represent the descent of the feathered serpent god ... wisdom gathered by the Maya centuries ago. The heart of the ...
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Urbanowski: United through arts and culture
Arts are embedded and integral in every culture, in our spiritual practices and in our community traditions. When we talk ...
This Chichén Itzá marvel in Yucatán perfectly aligns with the sun during the equinoxes, which makes it look like a serpent slithering down its staircase. The Maya built and designed with ...
In sealings and carved reliefs from the period, the same figure is depicted in front of an image of the local god on his serpent throne ... Knorozov’s work on Maya glyphs couldn’t be confirmed until ...
However, a serpent, or snake, tempted Eve and convinced her to eat ... The resplendent Quetzal is an important symbol in both Aztec and Mayan culture. Quetzalcoatl was a god associated with wind, sun, ...
Maya Lin discusses her process of designing a monument for ... There were these ancient mounds built, earth mounds, effigies. Some were ones called the Serpent Mound; it is this beautiful snake.
In Mayan culture, the eagle is one of the Zodiac signs ... In Hinduism, the red color on a robin's chest is said to symbolize a person's kundalini (a serpent-like force at the base of a human's spine) ...
The spring equinox on March 20 marks the start of spring and the astrological new year as the sun enters Aries.