Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that ...

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle lies the remains of an ancient city forgotten about for nearly 3,000 years, experts reveal.

They reflected the beliefs of the wider Maya world while also proclaiming Palenque’s own distinctive religious traditions and gods. “Maya” is a 20th-century term for the civilization that ...

Likewise, in 1841, the American diplomat ... of Cival uncovered evidence that distinctively Mayan art and writing may have developed as early as 300 b.c., and a wall painting dating to about ...

Tikal was the ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation ... the city of the gods' or 'the place where men become gods' it is best known for its twin Temples of the Sun and Moon.

British-American adventurers who traveled across the Yucatn Peninsula in the early 19th ... In the Maya creation myth, the Popol Vuh, their gods had played the same game, with sacrifices occasionally ...

Empire of the Sun has announced the 2025 North American leg of their Ask That God tour. The headline run will kick off on February 26 at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Arena and include shows at ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already ...

The ancient Maya ... a creator god whose name is still spoken by millions of people every fall – Huracán, or “Hurricane.” The second is a god of lightning, K'awiil, from the early first ...

Archaeologists scanning through jungle terrain stumbled on what could have once been an important Maya location ... even after the height of the Maya civilization and before the arrival of ...