A monumental discovery in the world of archaeology has unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an ...

Chapter 2 widens the scope of the first outing in what will ultimately be a trilogy, director Renny Harlin explained at SDCC ...

Hearts torn from chests, blood spilled on stone altars—these brutal offerings weren’t punishment, but devotion. In temples ...

Major discovery marks culmination of 40 years of work by Arlen and Diane Chase. Archaeologists from the University of Houston ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

Archaeologists in Belize may have discovered the tomb of Caracol's first dynastic leader, Te K'ab Chaak. Some artifacts unearthed in the tombs suggest that ...

Returning to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for the third time, Ubaldo Sánchez and Guate-Maya DC are a local artistic group with roots in Guatemala Maya Mam communities. Originally from Concepción ...

In Mayan tradition, jaguars held a special protective role through the Balam spirits. The term “balam” means jaguar in several Mayan languages, and these spiritual entities functioned as guardian ...

The painting and artistry is not what sticks out to archeologists at a newly discovered ancient altar in Guatemala. The likely sacrificed human remains and its craftsmanship tells the story of a ...

Both the Sanxingdui and Maya civilizations exhibited a deep respect for deities and created dedicated spaces and objects for performing sacrificial ceremonies. Evidence of this can be seen in the ...