the "Holy Snake Lady" of Seventh-Century Classic Maya Civilization. The discovery, announced late last week, has drawn international news coverage. It is one of only a handful of Maya tombs whose ...

Inside one was a puzzling artifact of a Maya dynasty ... the name of a snake king. The inscription on the necklace, which holds a carved cormorant’s head that morphs into the image of a sun ...

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 ...

This vault cover was discovered at the ancient Mayan site Ek' Balam in Mexico. The stone artifact features a depiction of a snake. This vault cover was discovered at the ancient Mayan site Ek ...

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 ...