Jaguars, tarantulas, cougars and ancient Mayan cities await on this trek into the Guatemalan wilderness, finds Robyn Wilson ...

The relief also hints at Maya cosmology, with Shield Jaguar III wearing his hair upswept in thick bunches, reminiscent of ears of corn, in emulation of the Maize God. One of many gods thought to ...

A shape-shifting dining experience, an evolving 50-year-old restaurant, and Jalisco-style recipes ...

From the fertile mind of playwright Robert Askins (“Hand to God”) comes this story of the ... and Velma’s Kettle Corn. The festival will also feature alpacas, gardening clubs, yoga, and ...

Given limited tools to control the elements, peoples across the world devised ornate ceremonies (and the occasional blood sacrifice) in hopes of pleasing and appeasing fickle gods who could ...

Against all odds, this ancient game survived the rise and fall of the Olmec, Maya and Aztec civilizations ... adorned with sculptures depicting local gods and other supernatural beings.

And they didn't make it from clay; that is, a very primitive version, but since it couldn't walk or reproduce, they finally chose to make it from corn, which was the central ... a major book to ...

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Researchers said the brutal human sacrifice rituals were likely intended to appease the Mayan rain god Chaac, but further studies, including DNA analysis of the bones, were needed to better ...

In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén.

One of the oldest civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mokaya were skilled artists, farmers, traders and even sportsmen.