Distinguished by its highly expressive relief sculpture, Palenque comprises ... which means "low hill" in Maya. Puuc blends ornate stone mosaics and cornices with vaulted arches and rows of ...

The greatest Maya cities had tens of thousands of inhabitants, and at their centre were pyramids, public monuments and palaces. Our stone sculpture of the queen lacerating her tongue comes from ...

Even before the 9-foot-tall bronze monument to author Maya Angelou was lifted into place and bolted onto its stone base ... her excitement at the sculpture’s installation was mixed with a ...