The depiction of a young Maya maize god is consistent with other portrayals of beheaded Maya deities. National Institute of Anthropology and History While excavating a section of the ancient Maya ...

IN A tunnel deep in Guatemala's northern jungle, archaeologists have uncovered the final and most elaborate wall of a 2000-year-old Mayan mural ... finger of God touching the hand of Adam." ...

The statue is of the Mayan maize god. He was found in a pyramid-style temple in Copan in modern-day Honduras surrounded by many other maize gods. In Mayan mythology, the maize god was decapitated ...

In Mayan culture, the maize god is known as Hun Hunahpu and was one of the most important deities because of his connection to the vital staple crop. The INAH said: "The sculpture is the axis of ...

represent events in the story of the maize god’s birth. This myth was a central part of Maya fertility and rainmaking rituals. The cache also contains several pots painted with images associated ...

Mexico City (AFP) – Archaeologists have uncovered a roughly 1,300-year-old sculpture representing the head of a Mayan maize god in ruins in southeastern Mexico, the National Institute of ...

The statue is of the Mayan maize god. He was found in a pyramid-style temple in Copan in modern-day Honduras surrounded by many other maize gods. In Mayan mythology, the maize god was decapitated ...

Today the series focuses on the world of the Mayan civilisation and a stone Maize God, discovered on the site of a major Mayan city in present-day Honduras. This large statue is wearing a ...