In the ancient Mayan religion gods belief system ... The powerful deity Kinich Ahau is one of the Mayan Sun Gods — and fun fact, in the Maya language, the word kin means sun ☀️ Some consider ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important ... the Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath ...

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods ... the zenith sun, and now—through de Anda—cenotes, in the beliefs and world vision of the ancient Maya of ...

Caracol's largest structure, the 138-foot Caana ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient ... the sun god. Weighing almost ten pounds, it was the largest Maya carved jade object ...

Catherwood carefully depicts the moon looking over the scene, as the colossal head of a Maya figure gapes at the intruders hunting a jaguar, an animal that represented several forms of ancient Maya ...