She had been stopped just days earlier at Guatemala City airport. Customs officials found two Maya stone carvings in her bags. The woman said she had bought them at a market in the city of Antigua.

“Guatemalan textiles are really special because each ... Herrera worked with a Mayan shaman and family friend to bless the ...

The Maya city of Tikal was found to be just a fraction of an immense hidden metropolis Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough.

The Petén area of Guatemala is very different than Antigua and Lake ... especially among indigenous Maya communities and most textiles tell a story. Each piece is a kaleidoscope of symbols, each ...

The Maya weavers worked mainly with cotton, which had to be washed and picked clean of seeds. This was hard work! Cotton was associated with richer people. The loose fibres were spun into threads ...

About 30 Mayan languages are still spoken by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. Some are spoken by hundreds of thousands of people; some by fewer than 5,000. The highly ...

"I was born in Guatemala ... Mission campus in September. Maya people came wearing traditional hats and clothes, sharing their food, culture, and beautiful woven textiles. This celebration ...