A Mayan corn god's head has been unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico who found it at the bottom of a pond that was regarded by the ancients as symbolizing the entrance to the underworld.

The sculpture was intended to depict a beheaded figure, echoing other Maya art depicting various headless gods. Maize, or corn, was not only an important source of food for the Maya—it also ...

In Mayan mythology, the maize god was decapitated at ... Early farmers in Mexico grew chilli to make their maize taste better Corn had a mythical status in Mexico, being an ancient and nutritious ...

harmony governs a space of prominent pyramidal temples that stretch toward the sky in an attempt to reach the Corn God, the Mayas' principal divinity. The beauty of landscapes along the "Maya ...

And, as they did so, everywhere stories about gods emerged ... of all the Maya people. The Maya believed that their ancestors essentially came from corn, and they were formed of yellow and ...

Mexico City (AFP) – Archaeologists have uncovered a roughly 1,300-year-old sculpture representing the head of a Mayan maize god in ruins in southeastern Mexico, the National Institute of ...

On the other, there is a Mayan corn god framed by an undulating serpent, said Hansen who worked as a consultant for Mel Gibson's 2006 movie about the Maya, "Apocalypto." Spread over more than ...

And, as they did so, everywhere stories about gods emerged ... of all the Maya people. The Maya believed that their ancestors essentially came from corn, and they were formed of yellow and ...

Today the series focuses on the world of the Mayan civilisation and a stone Maize God, discovered on the site ... a headdress in the shape of a giant corn cob. Maize was not only worshipped ...