I was on my own modest search for Chaak. Roaming the Yucatán Peninsula, I was looking for rituals and beliefs held by modern Maya that might help me understand their link to their glorious ancestors.

Studies of modern Maya farming show that maize is planted in May to be ready by late August or early September, which lines ...

Eric Thompson's theory had been that the Maya wrote in rebus, in which symbols are used for whole words. A modern rebus of the phrase "I can see" might include pictures of an eye, a tin can ...

Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city and the only Maya city ... ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient or modern Belize. All told, in its prime, the site covered almost ...

"And I would be so happy to see a collective effort to help answer one of the questions posed by the community: how far away from Chichén Itzá can we still detect the genetic signature of its ancient ...

A rare stingless bee, is famous for its healing honey. With bee populations under threat, how is traditional melipona ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Love Island host Maya Jama has unveiled a new-look short hair transformation. The TV presenter usually rocks a longer 'do, ...

Maya Rudolph opens up about her "Mother" era, her Emmy nods for 'Loot' and 'Big Mouth' and her plans to bring Kamala Harris ...

Sadly, many of our past successes (unless they are continued in use to the present day) have been lost to the sands of time.

Tadpole water is not actually frog spawn, the new viral health trend that is taking off on social name gained the nickname ...