The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests ...

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods, their sacred city, and their extraordinarily accurate calendar were what the two archaeologists were investigating.

In 1968, while archeologists excavated a tomb within the temple, they found a large, full-rounded sculpted head of Kinich Ahau, the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya ...

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 ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Maya maize god (made around 1,300 years ago). Stone statue, found in Honduras The sound of ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball ...