The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover ...

An ancient ruler embodied by the Mayan god of corn in the underworld can be seen on an astonishingly well-preserved stone disk recently extracted from the Temple of the Sun in Mexico.

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 Nectar of the Mayan Gods. Season 12 Episode 1201 ... José and Fátima live like the ancient Mayans, sustainably utilizing every inch of their backyard for crops and livestock.

Deforestation linked with farming could also have triggered disaster — for instance, ... At the same time, the Classic Maya would have implicated gods and their "divine" rulers for the collapse.

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 ...

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 ...

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 The ancient ...