Early Explorers of the Maya Civilization: From Aguilar to Waldek
Although John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood are consistently...
Early Explorers of the Maya Civilization: John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood
The names of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood are forever...
How to Read a Maya Glyph
For over three centuries, the ancient Maya flourished in Mesoamerica. ...
Interview: Preclassic Maya
The genesis of Maya civilization in Mesoamerica was marked by an...
Maya Food & Agriculture
For the Maya, reliable food production was so important to...
Maya Religion: The Light That Came From Beside The Sea
The Mayan religious text, the Popol Vuh (known by many names, among...
The celebrated hieroglyphic writing system of the Maya was a sophisticated...
The Ball Game of Mesoamerica
The sport known simply as the Ball Game was popular across Mesoamerica...
The Classic Maya Collapse
The Terminal Classic period in Mesoamerica between c. 800 and 925...
The Maya Calendar and the End of the World: Why the one does not substantiate the other
The Popol Vuh recounts the story of twins who journeyed to Xibalba...
The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya
The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities who were...
The Red Handprints of Cozumel & Tulum
The Maya sites of San Gervasio (on the island of Cozumel) and Tulum...