Latest Maya civilization Stories

PETEN, Guatemala, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OH!, one of the largest mobile developers in Guatemala, announced today its newest title, CocoMonkeys(TM). This new, free game for the Apple® iOS and Android platforms is also running a huge promotion allowing players the chance to win a trip to visit ancient Mayan ruins in person. CocoMonkeys is a physics based destruction game where a lone snake must defeat waves of monkeys that have stolen his food. As the game opens the...

Efforts include social media, web promotion and blogger outreach Maharashtra, India (PRWEB) June 22, 2012 Web development company Idyllic Software has redirected business as usual on the home page of their website in support of "The Silencing of Maya". Idyllic is using their position on the Internet to appeal to this humanitarian cause, and have changed the design of their web page to show support and relay important information regarding the movement. "The Silencing of Maya" is an...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elisabeth Thieriot, a San Francisco-based business woman, co-founder of PhoneCharge, Inc, philanthropist and author of Be Fabulous at Any Age is pleased to announce the debut of her film "Decoding B'aqtun." The film, which was executively produced and financed by Thieriot, was shot earlier this year and uncovers previously unseen Mayan artifacts from the sites of Tikal and Quirigua in Guatemala. "This film is especially relevant to the...

Leading Chicago-based Design Firm to Develop International Licensing Program Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 Maya Romanoff, creator of extraordinary surfacing materials, is proud to announce that the company has been selected to be represented by the prestigious design management agency Culture + Commerce. The connections of Culture + Commerce will propel Maya Romanoff‘s artistic products into new creative fields. “We are really delighted to represent Maya Romanoff,“ said Michele...

Modern technology brings to life piece of cold stone and makes it speak Mayan date as recorded by Maya civilization during classic period (approx. 250 AD - 900 AD) to commemorate life of kings and queens, and to remember important historical events. Maya Stone Calendar app has been released for iPhone and iPad. Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2012) takes place on the days from 6 Manik' 10 Sotz' to 10 Chuwen 14 Sotz'. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 After...

Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com The end of the classic Mayan civilization in the lowlands of Mesoamerica was likely expedited by shifting trade routes that started to bring valuable goods to coastal regions instead of the inland city-states of the ancient Native Americans. While the cause of this decline is still shrouded in mystery, most scholars consider the period of the Maya Collapse to be between the 8th and 9th centuries. During this time, the highly sophisticated societies that...

Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Deep in the lowland jungles of Guatemala, a group of archeologists have uncovered what appears to be a workspace for an ancient Mayan scribe, complete with calculations on the Mayan calendar, reports the National Geographic Society. According to the group’s report published in the May 11 edition of Science and the June issue of National Geographic Magazine, the calculations, which were painted on the interior wall of a house, appear to represent the...

University of Cincinnati researchers are strongly represented at the upcoming Society for American Archaeology meeting. UC research presentations will include studies of one of the earliest farming sites in southern Europe, volcanic activity in pre-Columbian America, and what dogs are the best hunters. Among the research presented by University of Cincinnati faculty and students at the April 18-22 Society for American Archaeology meeting will be an examination of early agriculture in...

Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue. Impervious to the effects of chemical or physical weathering, the pigment was applied to pottery, sculpture, and murals in Mesoamerica largely during the Classic and Postclassic periods (AD 250-1520), playing a central role in ancient Maya religious practice. This unusual blue paint was used to coat the victims of human sacrifice and the altars on...

The Classic Maya Civilization, which flourished from 250 AD to around 950 AD, may have collapsed due to relatively modest reductions in precipitation, according to a new study by Mexican and British researchers. The study, led by Professors Martín Medina-Elizalde of the Yucatan Center for Scientific Research in Mexico and Eelco Rohling of the University of Southampton in the UK, said the relatively mild drought of the Classic Mayan period was much like the conditions that are expected in...