In fact, many pictures of Mayan gods and goddesses depict them as having human characteristics mixed with animal features. The ancient city of Chichen Itza is said to have been built in his honor.

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods, their sacred city, and their extraordinarily accurate calendar were what the two archaeologists were investigating.

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also ... One myth tells of how the magician-god, 'Itzamna', built the pyramid all by himself in just one night!

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique calendar ...

From around 1517 - 1697 Spanish invaders (conquistadores) started to destroy the Maya cities and people ... One myth tells of how the magician-god, 'Itzamna', built the pyramid all by himself ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon around it and announced fines ranging from ...

But for many past visitors, the ruins themselves were not the primary attraction: people flock to El Rey to mingle with the hundreds of iguanas that have invaded the former Mayan town, saying the ...

The explorers realized that Tulum, like Chichén Itzá, was one of the last strongholds against the Spanish, thus one of the few Maya cities mentioned in European ... Most cities and regions have ...

In 1968, while archeologists excavated a tomb within the temple, they found a large, full-rounded sculpted head of Kinich Ahau, the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya ...