K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his history. For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near ...

The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.

the setting sun casts serpent-like shadows along the northern stairs of El Castillo, or “the castle.” Built more than a thousand years ago by the ancient Maya, the pyramid towers 100 feet over ...

Summer officially began Friday in the Northern Hemisphere with the longest daylight of the year at around 15 hours.

The summer solstice occurs when the earth’s tilt towards the sun is at a maximum, hence the long hours of daylight. It is ...

The Maya created a complex calendar ... Astronomers closely observed the Sun and aligned monumental structures, such as pyramids, to track solstices and equinoxes. They also utilized these ...

The ancient Maya were arguably one of the ... Astronomers closely observed the Sun and aligned monumental structures, such as pyramids, to track solstices and equinoxes. They also utilized these ...

3 ancient Maya cities discovered in Guatemala ... Interestingly, there is another pyramid at Teotihuacán called the "Pyramid of the Sun," but the team's research suggests that the northeast ...

A rendering (top) of one of the masks representing the Maya sun god found at El Zotz’s Temple ... the five-foot-tall masks decorated a temple atop El Diablo pyramid, which commemorates the ...

Under a blazing sun Saturday ... climbed one of the Mayans’ most important pyramids: Temple II, also called Temple of the Masks. With incense, a Mayan invocation ceremony, a Mayan ball game ...

The Ocomtún site has a core area, located on high ground surrounded by extensive wetlands, that includes several pyramid ... Maya region, consist of passing a rubber ball representing the sun ...