The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover ...

Maya believed the creator gods had given their blood and mixed it with maize dough to create the first humans. In turn, the nobility gave a small portion of their own life force to nourish the gods .

Maya Sun God Masks. Top 10 Discoveries of 2012 January/February 2013. By Eric A. Powell ... The masks were painted bright red and depict several deities, including the sun god.

An ancient ruler embodied by the Mayan god of corn in the underworld can be seen on an astonishingly well-preserved stone disk recently extracted from the Temple of the Sun in Mexico.

Every evening the sun god, Kinich Ahau, made the perilous journey through Xibalba, the Maya underworld, to be born anew at sunrise. Solar eclipses were seen as a “broken sun ” – a sign of ...

In the Maya’s belief system, sunsets were associated with death and decay.Every evening the sun god, Kinich Ahau, made the perilous journey through Xibalba, the Maya underworld, to be born anew ...

Maya Gods Descend on Manhattan. Centuries after the conquistadores, immortal kings and gods are reincarnated, so to speak, at the Met. ‘Monument 155,’ Yax Ahk as a captive impersonating the jaguar ...

NBC 5 and the Kimbell Art Museum invite you to experience Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art, May 7 through September 3 at the Kimbell Art Museum. This monumental and acclaimed exhibition ...

Ancient Maya believed that the rain god Chaak resided in caves and natural wells called cenotes. Maya farmers today in Mexico’s parched Yucatán still appeal to Chaak for the gift of rain.