so if you see references to the Kukulcan Mayan god, it is the same god. In the ancient Mayan religion gods belief system, Kukulkan was distinguished as a creator god, and the bringer of rain and ...

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods, their sacred city ... in the beliefs and world vision of the ancient Maya of Yucatán. Archaeologists had known ...

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

an animal that represented several forms of ancient Maya gods. Catherwood’s highly romanticized illustration is one of the only Western records of the colossal head before it dropped to the ground. It ...

Caracol's largest structure, the 138-foot Caana ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient ... the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya carved jade object ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization ... on a host of gods, a unique calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also ...