The Mayans believed their gods to be immortal, and if “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Mayan Art” is any indication, that faith was well founded. The show, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sharks, both real and imagined, had an important place in the mythology of the ancient Maya, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of K'awiil, the Maya god of storm, on pottery. K2970 from the Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees ...

Summer is the season for corn worshippers, so it’s the perfect time of year to appreciate a recent archeological discovery from Palenque in Chiapas. The highlands and dense rainforest of this southern ...