Ritual killing was a common part of religious sacrifice in the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá. For decades, media depictions cast the victims of these acts as young women and adolescent girls. In ...

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The origins of Maya states : problems and prospects / Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler -- Maya states : the theoretical background in historical overview / Astrid Runggaldier and Norman Hammond -- ...

There are so many things about the Ancient Maya that history books just don't have time to cover. From their beautiful murals to their interesting body modification practices to their ingenious water ...

An indigenous man kicks the ball during a Mayan ball game match in Tecpan, Guatemala Dressed in shorts, girdle and uncovered torso, members of eleven teams from the Guatemalan indigenous departments ...

Gerardo Aldana would like to introduce you to K’uk’ul Ek’ Tuyilaj. Never heard of her? You have plenty of company. A Mayan woman, she discovered how to project, over huge time spans, the appearance of ...

Introduction. Popol Vuh, a Maya creation myth ; Time and preclassic Mesoamerica ; Chiefdoms and cycles ; The early Maya and the Isthmian region -- In the beginning : early Mesoamerican prehistory.