His Maya sun god power over the people’s success plays ... This allows her to stand out as an important symbol of life and ...

A rendering (top) of one of the masks representing the Maya sun god found at El Zotz’s Temple of the Night Sun in Guatemala shows places where crimson pigment remains. The five-foottall stucco ...

In the Maya’s belief system, sunsets were associated with death and decay. Every evening the sun god, Kinich Ahau, made the perilous journey through Xibalba, the Maya underworld, to be born anew ...

In the Maya's belief system, sunsets were associated with death and decay. Every evening the sun god, Kinich Ahau, made the perilous journey through Xibalba, the Maya underworld, to be born anew ...

Twice a year, during the spring and autumn equinoxes, the sun casts a ... Kukulkan's (a Plumed Serpent God, associated with the wind in Mayan Culture) descent to earth, a powerful symbol of ...

A 1,600 year old temple believed to be dedicated to the sun god of the ancient Mayan people has been found in El Zotz, Guatemala. The Temple of the Night Sun dates back to between 350 and 400 AD.