The Maya Early Classic period saw a rise in monumental architecture and hieroglyphic narratives as new cities rose to ...

In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning signaled a ...

Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that dates back nearly 3,000 years. The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s ...

(The Conversation) — The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s ...

Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna Martin Broen - Freelance writer The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula ...

A Guatemalan artist dips her brush into crimson red paint, the color of the rising sun in Maya tradition, as she paints a mural as big as two parked cars. A 26-year-old rapper from Bolivia brings his ...

For more than 1500 years the basic technology of Maya weaving has remained the same. Contemporary Maya weavers still use the backstrap loom to create the dazzling textiles and clothing they wear today ...

In his solo exhibition at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín continues his ongoing exploration of the knot and its capacity for metaphor. Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín, Umbilical Cord (2021).