To help break down Mayan astrology, we spoke with renowned astrologer Lisa Stardust, who explains the foundations of the ...

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

The oscillation between the attraction of cities and their abandonment represents a recurring pattern in human history. This dynamic, visible today in urban migrations, proves to be rooted in ...

Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water crisis, a new study has found. The Maya civilization dates back almost 4,000 years and spanned what is now Belize, Guatemala, ...

The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other ...

An ancient Maya structure was likely built around communal astronomical observations, but the identity of a mysterious woman ...

The ruins of ancient Maya cities like Chichén Itzá and Uxmal have become popular tourist destinations in Mexico thanks to their signature pyramid structures and deep ties to pre-Columbian history in ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our understanding of ancient Mesoamerican society. Hidden beneath the dense jungle ...

The history of the ancient Maya board game patolli gained a new twist when archaeologists discovered a game board embedded in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of food eaten by ancient Maya elites during special ritual banquets. Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have ...

(The Conversation) — Broken mirrors can be associated with bad luck, but for the ancient Maya, a cracked mirror was often desirable. (The Conversation) — Some people fear that breaking a mirror can ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered ...