Ek’ Balam is one of the most impressive Mayan archeological zones, thanks to its incredible preservation. A new discovery ...

“Deities," says Yale professor Oswaldo Chinchilla, "were part of Maya life. There was no separation between what we would call the natural and supernatural worlds.” Chinchilla co-curated "Lives of the ...

NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters Life!) - A 7th century skeleton found in an elaborate tomb in Honduras shows ancient Mayan life in the region was more culturally and socially complex than previously thought ...

Oct. 20, 2000 - From carved jade pendants to soaring stone monoliths, beautiful artifacts and striking photographs offer an intriguing glimpse into Mayan civilization in two wellpaired exhibits at the ...

The milpa (a food garden based around maize crops that relies on ancestral techniques), the community kitchen, and assembly halls are places of learning for people of all ages in the Yucatán Peninsula ...

Have a good New Year’s Eve? Party a bit? Drink too much? First week of 2012 been going pretty well? Well, enjoy yourself while you can because, if some anonymous and long-deceased Mayan calendar-maker ...