(Ixchel is the Mayan goddess of weaving, among other things.) So it was they made curator Amy DiPlacido of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles an offer she couldn’t refuse: an exhibition of ...

The bold colored, heavily embroidered flowers and swirl patterns are normally used by Mayan women on loose-fitting, calf-length white cotton shifts that are ideal for the region’s heat.

Some Maya women, for example, produce cotton, spin and weave it, and wear traditional clothing, ... Rudolph, for his part, disputed this notion that the Maya civilization is a lost one, ...

The Maya world At its height, during the Late Classic period (A.D. 600-900), Maya civilization formed a constellation of kingdoms and cities that stretched across the Yucatan Peninsula and Central ...

The ancient Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. on the Yucatan Peninsula and in ... Many continue speaking the Mayan language and wearing traditional clothing, ...

The ancient Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. on the Yucatan Peninsula and in ... Many continue speaking the Mayan language and wearing traditional clothing, ...

More tourists are trying Mayan steam baths, called temazcal. People enter heated stone structures, where they sweat to herbal fragrances and chanting.