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Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ancient tradition. A young girl does her part to celebrate the festival of La Maya, which marks the arrival of spring in Colmenar Viejo, Spain.

and clay figurines dating to this period to learn what the ancient Maya wore. Many of these images show the Maya engaging in or preparing for religious ceremonies, which were scheduled based on an ...

More than 1,300 freshwater crab remains that were eaten during an ancient Mayan ritual banquet were uncovered by archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico.

and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics ...