This concept could explain why the maize god origin story was retold on several walls of central temples and palaces.

Jade Skirt: Us Maya have really healthy diets. As well as the maize, beans and squash we grow to eat, we also produce cotton to make cloth and flowers for decoration. We hunt deer, fish and birds ...

and you’ll come across a household monument or a piece of grinding stone for maize. Dig a few feet down, and you’ll find pottery shards; Maya food scraps, in the form of animal bones or charred snail ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along with maize. An analysis of human tooth residue shows they also ate nuts; berries; inner tree bark; and even leaves from prickly chaya, a ...

What did the ancient Maya believe? This video dives deep into Maya religion during the Classic Period, exploring their rich ...

Bonampak means "painted walls" in Maya, and the site is known for just that: beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably well ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler has excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt ...

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team was ...