Latest Maya civilization Stories
The first-ever 3D recording of a Maya site, voted part of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World' EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week a new archaeological data archive and web-based collaborative learning tool launches to provide researchers, educators, filmmakers and digital heritage enthusiasts with the most complete data to date of any ancient Maya site. The archive centerpiece is a priceless 3D record of the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza, recently...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- MAYA Design, a technology design and innovation lab, has announced the appointment of Susan Zelicoff as director of business development for research. Zelicoff will lead MAYA's continuing efforts to build a pool of research opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors, based on MAYA's human-centered design approach. "Susan's depth of experience in new product and service development, strategic planning, and technology transfer will...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MAYA Design, a leading technology design and innovation lab, was recognized today as #22 on The 7th Annual Great Place to Work® Rankings: 2010 Best Small & Medium Workplaces Presented by Entrepreneur Media. The list, narrowed down from over 400 nominated companies, represents the best Workplaces separated into two categories: small companies with less than 250 employees and medium companies with 251-999 employees. Great Place to Work® Institute,...
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MAYA Design, a leading technology design and innovation lab, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Kiliany as director of development, Interstacks and engineering fellow. Kiliany will lead the development of MAYA's Interstacks technology, created to interconnect and control the increasing number of common products, services and environments that contain microprocessors. Previously, Kiliany founded iKnowthat.com, a developer of Web-hosted...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Orbeez(TM) Magic Maker has quickly become one of the top-selling toys in advance of the holiday season. Less than two weeks after the brand-new Orbeez line arrived at stores, the Orbeez Magic Maker has reached the #1 spot in the activity toys category, prompting retailers to try and secure additional inventory in advance of the holiday season. The popular new Orbeez magically grow 100 times their original volume in water. The versatile...
Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient Maya. In three weeks this May, the divers found fossilized animal remains, bits of pottery and "“ in the largest pool explored "“ an enormous underwater cave. This project, led by University of Illinois anthropology professor Lisa Lucero and funded by the National Geographic Society and an...
A team of archaeologists led by Stephen Houston has discovered a royal tomb in Guatemala, filled with materials that have been preserved for approximately 1,600 years A well-preserved tomb of an ancient Mayan king has been discovered in Guatemala by a team of archaeologists led by Brown University's Stephen Houston. The tomb is packed with of carvings, ceramics, textiles, and the bones of six children, who may have been sacrificed at the time of the king's death. The team uncovered the...
LOS ANGELES, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maya Indie Film Series will launch its second annual eight-city tour in Dallas on July 23. The series, which debuted last summer, will bring six critically acclaimed, Latino-themed films to the top eight U.S. markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Washington D.C., San Jose, and San Diego. The series will spend seven days in each city starting in Dallas, TX on July 23. This will be followed by Washington D.C. on July 30, New York,...
An innovative bicycle-powered water pump, created by a student at the University of Sheffield, has proved a huge success and is now in regular production in Guatemala, transforming the lives of rural residents.Jon Leary, 24, a MEng student in the University´s Department of Mechanical Engineering, took his bicycle machine design from a Steel City drawing board to the heart of Guatemala as part of his dissertation, which required him to `make something useful out of rubbish.´During his...
On Monday, archaeologists in southern Mexico announced they have found a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest type of burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb held a man believed to be aged at about 50 who was buried with jade collars, pyrite and obsidian artifacts and ceramic vessels. Archaeologists Emiliano Gallaga said the tomb dates between 500 and 700 B.C.Gallaga told the Associated Press (AP) that based on the layers in which it was found and...
