The Maya civilization had one of the most intricate religious systems in the ancient world. From powerful gods like the maize god and the rain god Chaac to the complex calendar cycles and ancestor ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Some of the remains may have belonged to Maya individuals, Houston said, “but the tomb finds suggest close contact with, and perhaps an origin in, Teotihuacan. The sacrifices of infants fit with ...

Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of ... ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics ...

Mexican actress Maya Zapata talks to People en Español ... She likes the Buddhist philosophy. “Buddhism is a religion that I like, I like to study it, learning to live in the Now, understanding ...