The site, in Dzibanché, was an early centre for the Maya and dates back to 300BC ... combining athleticism and ritual devotion. The image of snakes is used in the reliefs as the ruling dynasty ...

which bore the name and image of a captured warrior, the Guardian reported. The other tomb, which was located in a different pyramid, contained a jade necklace bearing the symbol of the "Snake ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala say they have discovered the tomb of Queen Kalomt'e K'Abel, one of the great warrior queens of the Maya civilisation who was dubbed 'the Holy Snake Lord'. The tomb ...

Thanks to the power of remote sensing lasers, scientists in Mexico have achieved vivid new insights into how people lived during the ancient Mayan empire’s powerful Kanu’l or Snake dynasty ...