Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people ... dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath ...

The ancient city of Holmul isn ... and traded with people to the north. Palenque represented the edge of the Maya world to the west. Yet without horses and standing armies, how could they ...

If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans. They are the ...

The fact that the cenote is directly northwest of the main staircase of El Castillo, the famous central pyramid ... These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the ... Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal ...

For me, language represents life, its connects me to my roots, my past, my culture, my family, my ancestors and my community, ...

It begins to help us imagine how people thought about their daily lives, about how they made choices.” The new findings differ from what was found when other ancient Maya regions were examined with ...

In this feature, you can actually "read" a passage of glyphs carved into an ancient Maya stela ... and you'll see just how important dates and numbers were to the Maya. Enjoy!— ...