"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

Fi Imagine a scene: a fiery chariot descends from the heavens, leaving a trail of light across the sky. A being steps out, glowing with an aura not of this Earth, holding a weapon that can level ...

Micronesia's Nan Madol is one of the very few places in the world which continues to perplex archaeologists. How and why it was built, and by whom?

Popol Vuh The Mayan book of creation, the dawn of life, and the glories of gods and kings. This magnificent epic was saved from destruction at the hands of the Spanish by Quiché chroniclers. Once ...

And this German group called Popol Vuh. They were kind of this weird new-age ambient group in the '70s who scored the films of Werner Herzog. So it's my attempt at scoring an imaginary Herzog film.

I can personally confirm that Patterson’s memoir, “ Journey to Xibalba: A Life in Archaeology,” is a fantastic read, and he would want me to also encourage you, dear reader, to study the ...