"Some people call it an 'ensouling ritual,' to get a blessing from and appease the gods." The discovery was made in Yaxnohcah, an ancient Maya city that thrived from about 1,000 BCE to 200 CE ...

The ruins of a Mayan ritual site were unearthed during archaeological excavations in Mexico, officials said. While the structure dates back at least 500 years, it was used by local inhabitants as ...

Mexico’s bishops have issued a statement clarifying that there is no such thing as an approved “Mayan rite” of the Mass.

Tourists’ safety and structure stability are touted as reasons for the ceremonial bans, but the government is actually looking out for the needs of vendors around money-making tourist attractions.

Mexico's antiquities institute (Inah) says it may have been used to extract water or deposit ritual offers. The rare find came during construction work on a new tourist railway known as the Maya ...

The study, published in Nature, identified that many of the sacrificed individuals were closely related, including two pairs of identical twins, highlighting themes in Maya mythology. The remains ...