Ancient Maya DNA shows male kids were sacrificed in pairs at Chichén Itzá Twins play an auspicious role in Maya mythology, most notably in the Popol Vuh.

“These are the first ancient Maya genomes to be published,” said Johannes Krause, an archaeogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

Explore great ancient Maya cities and why their inhabitants abandoned them. The ancient ancestors of today’s Maya people thrived in large sophisticated cities across Central America for ...

Ancient Maya reservoirs, constructed wetlands, and future water needs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2023; 120 (42) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306870120 Cite This Page : ...

Thousand-year-old DNA from Chichén Itzá offers eye-opening details of the religious rituals of ancient Maya. By Freda Kreier In the spring of 1967, workers building a small airport behind ...

Nestled among impressive pyramids and temples, the ancient Maya were expert geo-engineers, artists, and mathematicians with complex knowledge of astronomy and movements of celestial bodies.

Visitors do not get to see the wondrous, terrifying and whimsical world of the supernatural as the ancient Maya intended. Perhaps if they did, a cracked mirror would inspire wonder rather than fear.

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what seem to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing 1. The civilization of the ancient Maya, who lived in what is now Mexico and ...

Ancient Maya blessed their ballcourts Researchers find evidence of ceremonial offerings beneath ballcourt in Mexico Date: April 26, 2024 Source: University of Cincinnati ...

Earlier this month, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History announced new discoveries made by archaeologists working at the site of Teotihuacan, located outside of Mexico City ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, including piercing, body painting, scarification, and tattooing. However ...