The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover ...

One kin was coming to an end, just like the sun has set 1,871,694 times since the beginning of the Maya calendar. National Geographic Expeditions Travel with National Geographic ...

These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods who shaped the cosmos, demanded sacrifice, and fought battles far beyond ...

Maya Gods Descend on Manhattan. Centuries after the conquistadores, immortal kings and gods are reincarnated, ... K’inchil, or “Great Sun Place,” on August 11, 3114, before the common era. That ...

A Yale archaeologist has co-curated an exhibition, "Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art," running at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It features more than 100 rarely seen Maya masterpieces ...

New Sun God Temple Reveals Maya Beliefs By Posted on July 23, 2012 (Via National Geographic ) Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a series of masks and a newfound temple believed to honor the ...

Keying on symbols that were fundamental to Mayan life — sun and rain, night and day, maize (corn) and the jaguar — the curators retell the myths of the Maya gods, and how their dramatic ...

Maya cities like Tikal and Chichen Itza, in modern day Guatemala and Mexico, respectively, contain massive stone temples where important rituals would take place. Ceremonies and observances honoring ...

The Sun God, another Maya VIG, is not merely celestial or aloof but suffers like mortals through the night, ages, weakens, fights back. Divinity can be dangerous.