A mural in the home of Lucas Asicona in the small Guatemalan city of Chajul depicts a dwarf carrying a long stick, two musicians, and a dancer wearing a mix of Spanish and Maya attire. Part of the ...
A 16-story pyramid towers over the rainforest that covers the remains of the ancient Maya city of Calakmul in Mexico. Calakmul was the capital city of the Kaanul, or Snake, Dynasty from the ...
Mystery surrounds the Maya people, who had largely disappeared by about AD 900. "I used an infrared analysis technique, called FTIR-ATR spectral imaging, which has not been used for archaeology before ...