Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the ancient “milpa” system of the Maya revealed ...

The Maya weavers worked mainly with cotton, which had to be washed and picked clean of seeds. This was hard work! Cotton was associated with richer people ... by their clothing and so were ...

How people dress and adorn themselves has long ... Much of the scholarship on ancient Maya clothing and adornment focuses on the Classic period (A.D. 250–900), when the Maya population grew ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of ...

Donation Options Search Search Search An ancient Mayan artifact will be returned to Mexico after decades in the hands of private collectors. Representatives from the National Institute of ...

Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de ...

A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after ... The National Museum of Mexican Art is facilitating the return of an ancient limestone frieze to Mexico. Chicago’s Mexican art museum never ...