Nowadays, we often imagine ancient Mesoamerican art and architecture as colorless, because most of them currently are. But just as with Greek and Roman statues, these artifacts were once aglow ...

A relief in NOMA’s permanent collection, known by scholars as the “New Orleans Panel” represents the investiture of El Cayo’s principal authority known as sahal.

The Mayan civilization arose around 2000 BC, reaching its height between 400 and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

Archaeologists working in Guatemala’s Petén jungle have discovered three ancient Mayan cities, the country’s Ministry of Culture and Sports announced in a statement. The cities, arranged in a ...

Pilsen museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection A Chicago family purchased the artifact, a limestone frieze that was most likely once part of an ancient ...

An ancient Mayan artifact will be returned to Mexico after decades in the hands of private collectors. Representatives from the National Institute of Anthropology and History unveiled the artifact ...