Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new ...

Gatekeeping is, “the activity of controlling access to something / The action of discouraging or criticizing others’ ...

The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

I thought the Central American destination would be a nice getaway, at most, but it turned into a spiritual escape.

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Ancient Mayan astronomers turned their eyes to the sky and recorded celestial events with a level of precision that continues to impress scientists today. A new study, published Wednesday in Science ...

The aforementioned logo set, curated by Walmer Medina, a first-generation U.S. citizen who lives in Cary and works as the ...

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...

The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...

A new study revealed how the ancient Maya used lunar and solar calendars to predict eclipses with remarkable accuracy.

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The history of Cobá—a Maya epicenter buried in the jungle—are coming to light, including the name of the woman who ruled over ...