Five oddly expressive clay figurines, made on the edge of the Maya world about 2,400 years ago, were probably used as puppets in public rituals to commemorate mythical or real events.

highlighting themes in Maya mythology. The remains date back to between 600 CE and 1100 CE, suggesting the sacrifices spanned a 500-year period, potentially linked to agricultural cycles or ...

It was within the caves that the Maya performed their rituals and sacrifices. Today, it's possible to visit these caves when you explore the jungles of Quintana Roo and Yucatan near Cancun.

Priests recorded their rituals in hieroglyphic books ... gods and human sacrifice were even more important. The Maya believed the Earth had the form of a giant turtle that floated on an endless ...

On the other hand, Varela Scherrer, a specialist in Mayan culture, specified that after the excavation of the ritual deposits, a procedure of “sifting with water and floating” was carried out ...