Mexican theme park and resort Xcaret must remove all references to Maya culture from its marketing and advertising campaigns.

Maya culture never really collapsed. It simply adapted to changing circumstances, writes Dr. Pablo Mumary.

Among the 20 dialects spoken within Guatemala’s Q'eqchi language family, only one word is unchanged in all tongues: Ixim. Pronounced “ee-sheem”, ixim means corn, and this beloved crop is integral to ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you visit the ...

Winston Scott's twists and turns took him to the lush mountains of Guatemala, where he was introduced to the Maya people. Now ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more than 100 human bones which researchers believe belonged to those sacrificed by ...

#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in México. Learn about the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan ...

In this program, Burt travels through Guatemala looking at the history of the Mayan people who have lived there for over 5,000 years. We meet the god of drinking and smoking who hides out with ...

For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation. Based on the ...