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Archaeologists working in Guatemala’s Petén jungle have discovered three ancient Mayan cities, the country’s Ministry of ...

The drawings are also unusual for a Maya document, combining styles of the Mesoamerican Mixtec people with Toltec attire. The Toltec were often hailed by the Aztecs as ancestors, and their art ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site ...

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Tattoos often included animal imagery, like bats, eagles, or snakes, and traditional Maya artwork suggests that tattoos frequently had a geometric pattern as well. Tattoos could also be used as a form ...

This may be why many of her most famous paintings—including Judith Slaying Holofernes and Jael and Sisera—are those in which women overpower and kill men. Her particularly gruesome ...