Ek Balam translates to "Black Jaguar" in the Maya language and the imposing size of the buildings demonstrate how significant the city was to the Maya from about 500-900 AD. It's estimated that about ...

While Mayapan and Chichen are dedicated to the snake god, Ek Balam is all about the jaguar. (In fact, its name is Mayan for “black jaguar.”) ...

While Mayapan and Chichen are dedicated to the snake god, Ek Balam is all about the jaguar. (In fact, its name is Mayan for “black jaguar.”) ...

Calling themselves Balam Ajpu, which means Jaguar Warrior or Warrior of Light, they rap in the ancient Mayan Tz’utujil language with the goal of making it cool for kids and teaching them their ...

For centuries, the largest building in Ek Balám — Mayan for "black jaguar" — lay partially hidden, its 480-foot-long, 96-foot-tall walls peeking up from a snarl of thick vines and brush.

Calling themselves Balam Ajpu, which means Jaguar Warrior or Warrior of Light, they rap in the ancient Mayan Tz’utujil language with the goal of making it cool for kids and teaching them their ...

Calling themselves Balam Ajpu, which means Jaguar Warrior or Warrior of Light, they rap in the ancient Mayan Tz'utujil language with the goal of making it cool for kids and teaching them their ...

The jaguar was born Aug. 20 and named Balam, which is the Mayan word for jaguar. The animal weighed 1.6 pounds at birth, but has since grown to about 2 pounds.

Archaeologists began serious work at the site of Ek Balam, which means black tiger or jaguar in Mayan, just over two years ago. What they dug out from the encroaching jungle were huge, fully intact ...

Attributed to a 15th Century prophet-”Chilam Balam” means ”Jaguar Priest”-the manuscript, discovered in the 18th Century, is a muddled compilation of Mayan chronicles transposed under ...