Aside from adapting the Maya myth and directing fellow artists, one of Díaz’s jobs in “Mortal Leap into Xib’alb’a” is rigging ...

Maya collapse wasn’t driven by drought alone, but by a cascading breakdown of interconnected political, social, and economic ...

A new book argues that societies built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Fresh research into the spectacular rock art of southwest Texas has revealed that ancient hunter-gatherers maintained a sophisticated belief system for more than four millennia, creating elaborate ...

In 2018, Ox Bel Ha was temporarily surpassed as the longest explored underwater cave after a connection was discovered ...

Hidden in the deep canyons of Texas and northern Mexico, ancient murals are revealing a 4,000-year-old artistic tradition ...

The world of history is a fascinating universe, capable of making us travel to the past and giving us more details about glorious eras. In this sense, books help us to decipher his ...

In the deep canyons of Texas and northern Mexico, hidden in limestone rock shelters, spectacular mural paintings have guarded ...

Learn what caused a major population crash in the Maya civilization, driving several cities to fall into ruin.

Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political ...

The passage of time and improvements in technology mean that things that were thought to be immutable become a reality and, ...

To help break down Mayan astrology, we spoke with renowned astrologer Lisa Stardust, who explains the foundations of the ...