The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

Together, they filled the Maya people’s lives with dreams, visions, and nightmares; a complicated calendar of agricultural times and fertility rituals; and a firm sense of the way things must be ...

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 ...

This is what sets the Riviera Maya based Karisma resorts apart from other similar destinations. Situated equal distance from Tulum and Playa del Carmen on Mexico's Quintana Roo coast, El Dorado ...

Even a seemingly mundane substance such as paper made from bark, when crafted into a simple headband, played a key role in one of the most important Maya rituals of all. And when fashioned into ...

More than 1,300 freshwater crab remains that were eaten during an ancient Mayan ritual banquet were uncovered by archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico.

On the other hand, Varela Scherrer, a specialist in Mayan culture, specified that after the excavation of the ritual deposits, a procedure of “sifting with water and floating” was carried out ...