Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life ...

Prehistoric, pre-Hispanic and modern remains lie beneath the Yucatán Peninsula’s more than 8,000 cenotes. At the Síis Já cenote, beneath the 16th-century former convent San Bernardino de Siena in ...

When you mention Mexico, images of mariachi bands and platters of delicious tacos and guacamole might come to mind along with thoughts of huge all-inclusive resorts dotting the coast. What you may not ...

Why cenotes matter: Formed by limestone collapse and fed by underground rivers, cenotes were vital to the Maya for water and rituals, and today draw adventurers worldwide. Ancient Mayan legacy: The ...

Before any work was done on this structure, which is now known as the Temple of the Warriors, it appeared as only a 50-foot high mound of debris covered with trees. In this picture, taken after ...

A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...

Key Vocabulary Activity: Draw a Maya map Quiz: Geography Learn more about Maya way of life Learn about the geography of South America The Maya civilisation lasted a long time. In Britain at this time, ...

Scientists in Mexico have been studying tooth enamel from the skulls of 1,000-year-old Maya human sacrificial victims from the gloomy depths of a sacred cenote (sink hole). The new study was published ...

Kukulcan was the all-powerful snake god worshipped by the Maya. While little information remains about the legends and mythology of Kukulcan – due to the tragic destruction of the Maya codices by the ...

About Sagrado Galleria: Our mission is grounded in the belief that artists have access to the collective wisdom of our ancestors and through their creativity they reveal fundamental truths about our ...

The genus Chalcolepidius is revised. Type specimens of 65 nominal species, except C. costatus Pjatakowa, 1941, C. fleutiauxi Pjatakowa, 1941 and C. viriditarsus Schwarz, 1906, are examined. Eighty ...