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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

Chronological table -- 1. Introduction -- The setting -- Natural resources -- Areas -- Periods -- Peoples and languages -- Climate change and its cultural impact -- 2. The earliest Maya -- Early ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 12 th century C.E. codex from Maya culture accurately predicts solar eclipses. The eclipse table in the Dresden Codex was a lunar calendar that ...