Full moons mark the life of the Buddha in the ancient lunar calendar. Buddha Purnima is the full moon of Vaisakh, which ...

For centuries, the rival dynasties of Tikal and the Snake Kingdom fought a titanic struggle for supremacy over the Maya world, forging empires through conquest, alliance, and sacred warfare. This is ...

From the island city where a conquistador's horse became a god, to the sacred council book that preserved the Maya creation myth in secret for centuries, this is the story of the final Maya kingdoms ...