It’s well-known that the ancient Maya had their own version of ball games, which were played with a rubber ball on stone courts. Such games served not just as athletic events but also religious ones ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have uncovered an intriguing ritual deposit below an ...

Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichén Itzá was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life ...

A baseball player may tap his helmet three times before stepping up to the plate, and an Argentina supporter may burn incense in front of a portrait of Diego Maradona as the Albiceleste kick off. Now, ...

Go beyond the usual couples massage when you sign up for a Couple’s Mayan Ritual at Mexican hotel Nizuc. Here you’ll spend around three hours soaking in their hydrotherapy pools, polishing and ...

Five oddly expressive clay figurines, made on the edge of the Maya world about 2,400 years ago, were probably used as puppets in public rituals to commemorate mythical or real events. “They would have ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A ritual cave has been discovered beneath the ancient Maya city of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remains of five of the 13 individuals found at Structure 18 at the Moral-Reforma Archaeological Zone. Archaeologists in Mexico ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cueva de Sangre, or "blood cave", was first discovered in the 1990s during a survey of the archaeological site in Petén. Bones ...