To Masson, Delgado Kú, and their colleagues, Mayapan’s story contradicts the idea that the Maya disappeared, or even that the ...

Image caption, Maya people were very clever. They invented the most well-developed system of writing in Mesoamerica, calendars that helped them to farm crops throughout the year and built cities ...

Taube, Karl (2018a [1989]), “The Maize Tamale in Classic Maya Diet, Epigraphy and Art”, en Studies in Ancient Mesoamerican Art and Architecture: Selected Works by Karl Andreas Taube, pp. 150-167. San ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

A cacao ceremony is great for new beginnings, from a new year to a new month, week or even a new day. Here's what to expect ...

It may not be coincidental that Catherwood draws upon the importance of the moon and jaguars in this image. The moon’s phases formed one basis for the Maya calendar; and in Mesoamerica, the jaguar was ...

The Maya civilization emerged circa 2000 BCE, and for centuries they ruled over an extensive territory in Central America. This Mesoamerican civilization was incredibly developed for the time ...

Try not to drool while you’re reading this. We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which was made up of countries in what we now know as Central America, and southern Mexico) to thank for ...

Mel Gibson’s 2006 film Apocalypto is being hailed by many viewers as one of the best historical films of all time. The movie, ...

Descendants of the Maya have been trying to revive the ball ... the team game played in Mesoamerica thousands of years ago, the theory goes. WATCH: Mexico revives a 3,000-year-old ball game ...

"It is rare to find hieroglyphic writing at this Maya site, and even rarer to find ... It is thought to be 3,000 years old and was played across Mesoamerica.