The Maya civilization had one of the most intricate religious systems in the ancient world. From powerful gods like the maize god and the rain god Chaac to the complex calendar cycles and ancestor ...

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá ... to allow the planted seeds to sprout and the young corn god to make his appearance in the shape of a barely ...

In 1968, while archeologists excavated a tomb within the temple, they found a large, full-rounded sculpted head of Kinich Ahau, the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya ...