It is probably no coincidence that the 14th king of Tikal, Chak Tok Ich’aak I, long known as Jaguar Paw, died the same day. The impact that other civilizations have had on the Maya is just ...

A headdress of macaw feathers adorns the skull of a sacrificed child who had ... wearing hospital scrubs and masks—splay on their stomachs on either side of the grave and begin digging with ...