Unlike the regular Mayan god of death, Cizin, the Mayan god Buluc-Chabtan is known as the God of Sudden Death, and is also ...

arts entertainment Visual Arts. Life and death with the Maya gods at Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum The exhibition uses stone sculptures and painted ceramic vessels to retell stories of the gods.

Ancient Mayan idol, dating back around 1,800 years discovered in remote town in Mexico, ... Cizin, which translates to “stinking one,” was the Mayan god of death, ...

Ancient Maya culture was centered on interconnected city-states that developed great networks of trade and agriculture and some of the most advanced architectural wonders in human history. Today, ...

An ancient stone statue of a Maya death deity, dating back more than 1,400 years, has been discovered in southeatsern mexico. Experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH ...

Take a tour of the Maya underworld—if you dare. There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and ...

Ancient Mayan idol, dating back around 1,800 years discovered in remote town in Mexico, officials say. It is a limestone deity of death.

The ancient Maya god K’awiil, left, had an ax or torch in his forehead as well as a snake in place of his right leg. K5164 from the Justin Kerr Maya archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard ...

The Mayan god of corn, from about 600-715 CE. SESTHASAK BOONCHAI / COURTESY OF NOMA. ... While the death of a loved one can be a mournful affair and the loss is certainly felt by those left ...