Interested in learning Mayan mythology? Let's dive into the fascinating mythology of the Mayan gods and goddesses, and their ...

The Maya created a complex calendar system to regulate their world — one of the most accurate of pre-modern times. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The1,600-year-old faces of the Maya sun god emerged from the ground in Guatemala. Dubbed the Temple of the Night Sun, the newly discovered temple depicts the sun god as a shark, blood-drinker, and ...

(The Conversation) — The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s ...

National Geographic is reporting on the remarkable discovery and analysis of a 1,600 year old ancient Maya temple in Guatemala. Called the Temple of the Night Sun, it features a series of striking ...

A rendering (top) of one of the masks representing the Maya sun god found at El Zotz’s Temple of the Night Sun in Guatemala shows places where crimson pigment remains. The five-foottall stucco masks ...

Edzná, Campeche: A mask of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau is found in the Temple of the Masks at Edzná.

NBC 5 and the Kimbell Art Museum invite you to experience Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art, now through September 3 at the Kimbell Art Museum. This monumental and acclaimed exhibition brings ...

Sixteen hundred years ago, the inhabitants of the powerful ancient Maya kingdom of Tikal looked to the west and saw red. On a hilltop, in their direct line of sight, stood the Temple of the Night Sun.