Pointing to strange figures carved in a limestone panel, Professor Stephen Houston began translating the ancient tale of a Maya king whose journey to the sea had been forgotten for 13 centuries. “Nahb ...

The works in the Kimbell Art Museum’s exhibition on Maya art are well over 1,000 years old, but the curators can’t help but refer to some in modern terms. Take the “Eccentric” flint scepter depicting ...

Nov. 16, 2006 — -- The remarkable accomplishments of the Maya were developed independently from those that arose in regions outside the Western Hemisphere. Their culture, as exemplified in the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

"Lives of the Gods" is only appearing in New York and Fort Worth. Over half the artworks have never been seen in the US. Some are new discoveries. It's not just that the towering, limestone slab ...

The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...

In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining in power and sophistication. Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that ...

The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, ...

Huge cities were swallowed up by the jungle, and Mayan wisdom and knowledge was lost to mankind for centuries. What brought down this thriving society, which had survived and prospered for millennia?

Pointing to strange figures carved in a limestone panel, Professor Stephen Houston began translating the ancient tale of a Maya king whose journey to the sea had been forgotten for 13 centuries. "Nahb ...