The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The ...

As he carves through dense jungle foliage with a sharpened sickle, 65-year-old Eliezer Mendez Díaz scours for building materials. He plans to make a sacred altar for the Maya rain god, Cháak, in ...

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On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá, in the sparse shade of a tropical tree, a voice ricochets wildly up the mouth of a well. “¡Lo vi! ¡Lo vi!” ...

Masks of rain god, snakes, and intricate geometric shapes loom over the entrance to this Maya building, today called the House of the Governor. The city of Uxmal, and the Puuc people who lived there ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests, he makes ...