Cinnabar was used as a pigment in Maya art, and its red color may have been ... Extensive studies of the remains were carried out by Mexican researchers between 1997 and 2002, as part of the ...

which has well-designed buildings decorated with a profusion of symbolic motifs and sculptures depicting Chaac, the god of rain. The ceremonial sites of Uxmal, Kabah, Labna and Sayil are considered ...

The "aluxe" that the Mexican president referred to is a small being known for playing tricks on people, per Mayan beliefs. The mythical mischievous creatures are believed to live in forests and ...

For that reason, Sac Actun now absorbs Dos Ojos. The Yucatan peninsula of Mexico is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network of sinkholes ...

Patricia Váz-quez Gómez has worked closely with youth and families in Oregon’s Mayan Indigenous diaspora. A multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Portland and Mexico City, she collaborated on ...