In May 1562, Diego de Landa, the highest-ranking Catholic authority in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, received word that a large number of idols, along with human bones and deer meat, had been discovered ...

In a recent study, Ph.D. candidate Yasmine Flynn-Arajdal studied iconographic representations of children in the Classic (ca.

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

Avocados aren’t the most obvious fruit to inspire a devoted following. They resemble an odd-shaped egg with a reptile’s bumpy skin, their pale greenish flesh is slimy and is rarely cooked, and their ...

One Catholic and one Muslim, they disagree on the role of religion in their work in Lebanon, but are united in their aim.

Acrobats from a Mexican theater company perform the show titled "Mortal Leap into Xibalba," which reinterprets a myth from a sacred Mayan book about creation and the journey to the underworld, in ...

The Bhagavad Gita teaches that the world is filled with Moh and Maya, meaning attachment and illusion. Many devotees seek guidance on how to live with clarity, purpose, and balance while walking ...

A vast, ancient structure discovered in Mexico may reveal how early Mayan civilisations understood the world to work. In their new study, archaeologists say that new findings indicate the ...

The United States has experienced one of the largest declines in religiosity globally over the past decade, new research shows. There has been a 17-percent drop in in the number of U.S. adults who say ...