Acrobats from a Mexican theater company perform the show titled “Mortal Leap into Xibalba,” which reinterprets a myth from a ...

On Friday, Dec. 21, some say, the Mayan apocalypse will arrive and the world will end. Fortunately, it won't. A bold claim, we know, but if it's good enough for NASA, it's good enough for us. The ...

A study discovered that human remains found at a mass burial site were identified as boys between the ages of 3 and 6 Getty New research reveals that the Mayan empire would offer young boys, including ...

This book explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers a reexamination of the mid-16th-century “Popol Vuh,” long considered an authoritative text, which is better ...

On the eve of what some believe will be the end of the world, hackers are preying on doomsday curiosity with a malicious PowerPoint file that purports to be a presentation on the Mayan-based ...

stucco frieze found at the El Mirador archaeological site in northern Guatemala. Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of monumental stucco panels in Guatemala that appear to depict one of the New ...

The article deals with the hypotheses and approaches in the study of Mesoamerican religions, focusing on the Maya tradition. Maya myths are examined and compared to other traditions of this part of ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- One year from today, the world will end. That is, at least, according to rumors circulating around Dec. 21 2012. Where do we get that date? The Mayan calendar apparently ends on that ...