The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

Rather than being made of glass, most ancient Maya mirrors were dark pieces ... mirror-image inscriptions and other Maya ...

Five clay figurines uncovered in El Salvador feature detachable heads with holes, possibly allowing them to be moved like ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha ... Cinnabar was used as a pigment in Maya art, and its red color may have been regarded as sacred. Evidence of its use in funeral rites has been ...

Distinguished by its highly expressive relief sculpture, Palenque comprises ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably ...

“For the Classic Maya, in many ways, clothing defined personhood,” says Alyce de Carteret, a fellow in Art of the Ancient Americas at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Numerous aspects ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...