With one of the most broad and diverse influences over Maya culture, Itzamná Mayan god is considered the supreme god. The Kukulkan Mayan god is arguably the most prominent and most well-known ...

Rellenitos are a beloved Guatemalan dessert featuring ripe plantains filled with sweetened refried black beans. They're then ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Bordering Guatemala, Cayo was in ancient times a center of Mayan civilization. Now it’s home to Noj Ka’ax H’Men Elijio Panti National Park (EPNP), one of four parks in the country comanaged ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

This occasion marks a time of renewal, unity, and hope - values deeply cherished in both Chinese and Honduran traditions. The ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...

"Overall, our wedding weekend played into the locale and really celebrated Mexico and its vibrancy alongside the Mayan culture," the bride tells PEOPLE. Lauren Alatriste Photography | @ ...

and the preservation of Mayan culture. I like to differentiate between a tourist and a traveler. [gentle music continues] A tourist comes and pretty much is looking for the same that has back home.

A national park in Belize has deep roots in Mayan healing traditions. Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense. I ...