Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

Ancient DNA reveals how Mayan civilisation collapsed - Maya civilisation population decreased vastly during late Classic period ...

the history of the K'iche people, and the most famous Maya myth, that of the Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. This is the oldest known Mayan myth to have survived into the modern day. Mayan ...

It's not every day that modern researchers uncover an ancient ... from roughly 250 B.C.E. to 900 C.E. Sponsor Message The Maya people never truly disappeared; the descendants of the ancient ...

On Dec. 21, 2012, our modern calendar coincides with the end ... Sitler has interviewed a number of Maya people on their thoughts on the 2012 phenomenon, starting about six years ago.

Maya people cultivated the region’s first crops and domesticated its wildlife, built its first cities, and either created or refined almost every aspect of modern civilization. (Subscriber ...

The Maya city reached its peak around 1,000 years ... continuity” between the children buried in the cave and the modern people of the region. Barquera says this indicates that the sacrificial ...

We only have an idea that these kinds of offerings were made in the past based on the vessels that held the offerings, though similar offerings are still made today among modern Maya people in Mexico ...

[See Images of the Expedition to Tikal] You may like Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of ... much like the region's modern inhabitants do. But the BYU-led team found little maize ...