A recent study by Dr. Angelina Locker published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology implemented bioarchaeological ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of ...

Archaeologists made a chilling discovery inside Cueva de Sangre - aka a Mayan ‘Blood Cave’ - in Dos Pilas in Petén, Guatemala ...

Maya blue is a highly unusual pigment because it is a mix of organic indigo and an inorganic clay mineral called palygorskite. The rich blue color does not fade over time; it has maintained its ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important ... the Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath ...

Researchers have found that hundreds of human bones found in an underground cave suggest a frightening human sacrifice took ...

The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were sacrificed during the dry season to appease the Maya rain god — or parts ... cave was the site of an ancient Maya sacrifice two ...

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

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

(Ancient Maya believed a rain god resided in caves and cenotes.) Royal seatIn 1832 Jean-Frédéric Waldeck sketched this relief from Palenque depicting a seated ruler adorned with jewelry on a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual ...

Bleuze and Franco hypothesize that the rituals were conducted to appease the Mayan rain god Chaac, a way of ushering in the warm seasons and blessing the community’s crops. The researchers ...