The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

Archaeologists discovered, through environmental DNA technology, that ceremonial rituals of the ancient Mayan civilization at the Yaxnohcah ruins (Yucatán Peninsula) were conducted with ...

Temazcal Therefore the spa menu now varies from ancient Mayan rituals, like a cacao ritual or a Temazcal, a hot steam bath, to popular biohacking technologies, such as an infrared sauna, sensory ...

UW professor of Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems Erin Silva researches community farming and partnerships and sees the benefits of learning from the Mayan practice of polyculture. Monoculture ...