Archaeologists have uncovered new stucco reliefs at the ancient Maya city of Dzibanché, providing fresh insights into the Kaanu'l dynasty, also known as the "Snake Kings," who ruled parts of ...

The ancient city of Holmul isn’t much to look ... It was ruled by the Snake kings of the Kaanul dynasty, which until just a few decades ago no one even knew existed. Thanks to sites around ...

It probably speaks to the complicated feelings they had about Teotihuacan.” [ Related: Ancient Mayan human sacrifices involved twins. ] Archeologists believe that Tikal’s collective memory of ...

As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in this area in different cities, ruled by kings, or queens ... This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

Excavations at Calakmul and Uxul, have revealed stucco friezes and mural paintings in some of the massive temple pyramids and palaces, as well as burials of kings and other members of nobility ...

Far from being peaceful, the Maya were warriors, their kings vainglorious ... 85 percent of known Mayan texts have been read and translated. The descendants of the ancient Maya, who long ago ...

How he found the solution of the mystery of the ancient Mayan calendar, the oldest time-counting system in the world, was explained yesterday by Dr. H. J. Spinden of the Peabody Museum in an ...

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...