Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations. The buried room ...

Teasing the audience with a clue about how millions of people think the world will come to an end on Dec. 21, Thomas Germano, professor of art and art history at Farmingdale State College, State ...

The most startling moment in the marvelous "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," which opens today at the Legion of Honor, occurs near the end of its circuit of thematic rooms. In a gallery devoted to ...

The “old goddess” is a paradoxical character in Maya mythology. She is the grandmother who raised the infant gods, but in most accounts, she hated them, and finally tried to kill them. Despite her ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

K’awiil is the name of a Mayan deity associated with divine lightning and royalty. Associating the god with Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ...

As a young girl, Dicey Taylor grew weary of art. She is now a scholar in the subject. On trips through western Europe, her parents dragged her to every historic building, museum and art gallery along ...

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Archaeologists have stumbled on a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations in the buried ninth century city of Xultun. The room was... Mayan Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest ...