In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining in power and sophistication. Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that ...

Showcasing almost 100 relief stone sculptures and painted ceramic vessels from museums across Guatemala, Mexico, Europe and the U.S., an exhibition now at the Kimbell Art Museum uses these ancient ...

Archaeologists excavating construction sites along the new Maya Train route in Mexico have found a rare statue of the Mayan god K’awiil. The work is part of a recovery mission ahead of the railroad’s ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents works from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. The monumental head of Hun Hunapu, the god of corn, depicts one of the ...

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 ...