The Maya civilisation is known for its art and architecture. But we’re discovering Maya astronomy was even more advanced than ...

The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...

Nov. 16, 2006 — -- The remarkable accomplishments of the Maya were developed independently from those that arose in regions outside the Western Hemisphere. Their culture, as exemplified in the ...

The works in the Kimbell Art Museum’s exhibition on Maya art are well over 1,000 years old, but the curators can’t help but refer to some in modern terms. Take the “Eccentric” flint scepter depicting ...

Pointing to strange figures carved in a limestone panel, Professor Stephen Houston began translating the ancient tale of a Maya king whose journey to the sea had been forgotten for 13 centuries. "Nahb ...

"Lives of the Gods" is only appearing in New York and Fort Worth. Over half the artworks have never been seen in the US. Some are new discoveries. It's not just that the towering, limestone slab ...

Powell Library’s rotunda has traded in books for vibrant ponchos. “When you come into Powell, you can’t miss it,” said Patricia Greenfield, a distinguished professor of psychology and the curator of ...

We know about civilization and its discontents: the renunciations of desires, the energies required to maintain a social order, the labors needed to tame nature’s forces. But in contemporary life, so ...