Maya

Chasing Birds And Sharks In Belize

Bill Blanning | Posted 05.14.2012

Bill Blanning

As we explored the ruins, we were treated to more wildlife. A group of playful Howler monkeys swung in the trees around the ruins.

PHOTOS: Strange Mayan Glyphs Yield Their Secrets

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 05.11.2012

"For the first time we get to see what may be actual records kept by a scribe, whose job was to be official record keeper of a Maya community. It's li...

Latifah Set To Headline Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival

Posted 04.30.2012

Grammy Award-winning rapper and Academy Award-nominee Queen Latifah is set to headline this year’s annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival on...

WATCH: A Day In The Life Of A Travel Writer

Joshua Berman | Posted 04.30.2012

Joshua Berman

Ever wonder what a guidebook writer does all day?

Mayan Civilization's Demise Linked to Bizarre Beliefs

Posted 03.23.2012

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/22/2012 10:05 AM EDT on LiveScience A dread of malevolent spirits haunting forsaken areas...

WATCH: NASA Scientist Takes On 2012 Doomsday Scenarios

Posted 03.12.2012

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/09/2012 09:26 AM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a...

Exploring 2012 And Questioning Prophesy

Lorie Karnath | Posted 03.05.2012

Lorie Karnath

Exploration requires the willingness to venture not only beyond recognized boundaries, but beyond pre-conceived notions or established convention.

Maya Brace For 2012 Apocalypse, Tourist Boom

Joshua Berman | Posted 02.29.2012

Joshua Berman

There are hundreds of theories about the supposed apocalypse predicted by the Maya for 2012, but the implication for Guatemala, southern Mexico and Belize is clear and immediate: more visitors.

Information Liquidity (Video)

Mickey McManus | Posted 06.28.2011

Mickey McManus

What possibilities will we see, what wonders, what dangers, when we live in a world when it's as easy/cheap to manufacture a computing device as it is to print a picture? When we live in a world of a trillion nodes?

Chef Richard Sandoval Talks About His Newest Restaurant, Venga Venga

Posted 05.25.2011

Chef Richard Sandoval now has five of his famed modern Mexican restaurants in Colorado with the December 10th opening of his newest, Venga Venga, in A...

PLAY > SKIP: New Music for July 13

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Shawn Amos

Brothers and sisters, welcome to the new music week. You all are busy people with busy lives in need of a soundtrack. So let's get to it, shall we? If you only play one this week, this is it.

Apocalypto: Mel Gibson's Insane Triumph, a Triumphant Action Epic Shot Entirely in Mayan

Alex Remington | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Remington

Apocalypto is, if anything, a cross between Braveheart and The Passion, an uncompromisingly brutal movie shot entirely in a foreign language about one man who takes on an evil empire and wins.

2012: Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Apocalypse Predictions, Doomsayers

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on De...