Acrobats from a Mexican theater company perform the show titled “Mortal Leap into Xibalba,” which reinterprets a myth from a ...

This book explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers a reexamination of the mid-16th-century “Popol Vuh,” long considered an authoritative text, which is better ...

stucco frieze found at the El Mirador archaeological site in northern Guatemala. Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of monumental stucco panels in Guatemala that appear to depict one of the New ...

A study discovered that human remains found at a mass burial site were identified as boys between the ages of 3 and 6 Getty New research reveals that the Mayan empire would offer young boys, including ...

The article deals with the hypotheses and approaches in the study of Mesoamerican religions, focusing on the Maya tradition. Maya myths are examined and compared to other traditions of this part of ...

A carved stairway in the ancient Maya city of Copán tells a story of rivalry and conflict—one between figures known as the Shell and Star Lords. In this ATG Highlights episode, we explore how ...

Some years ago, at a Netflix party, Jorge Gutiérrez was made an alluring proposition: he was asked to picture a project he didn’t think would get made anywhere. Thus was born Maya and the Three, a ...

Those who travel to the Yucatán Peninsula will recognize the beautiful temple complexes and ruined cities of the Ancient Maya. Peaking in the Maya Classic Period of 250-900 CE, this civilization was ...

On the eve of what some believe will be the end of the world, hackers are preying on doomsday curiosity with a malicious PowerPoint file that purports to be a presentation on the Mayan-based ...

Densely rich with mythology, formulated from a cornucopia of timeless and relatively recent sources, “Maya and the Three” is an animated magnum opus of superlative imagination, detailed craftsmanship, ...