Archaeologists unearthed a rare sculpture of a powerful Mayan god near the path of a large-scale rail project in southeastern Mexico, officials say. The controversial Maya Train project — which will ...

An ancient Mayan idol, referred to as a deity of death, was recently discovered in Mexico, officials said. Photo from Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia An ancient idol depicting a deity of ...

(The Conversation) — The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe, from the natural world to everyday experiences, was part of a single, powerful spiritual force. They were not ...

The Tren Maya is one of those rare trains that's hard to love. It's an upwards of $20 billion project meant to take tourists into the heart of the Mexican rainforest where important, hard-to-reach ...

The gods must be angry — or just laughing at the hubris of humanity. Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot-tall (3-meter) aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea ...

A Mayan corn god's head has been unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico who found it at the bottom of a pond that was regarded by the ancients as symbolizing the entrance to the underworld. The large, ...

Experts discovered a rare sculpture of the ancient Maya god K’awiil, near the path of construction for a large-scale rail project in Mexico. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.