But the north wall revealed a swathe of beautifully preserved mural depicting the resurrection of the Corn God, a scene from Mayan creation myth. "As spectacular as this was," Dr Saturno said in a ...

A Mayan corn god's head has been unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico who found it at the bottom of a pond that was regarded by the ancients as symbolizing the entrance to the underworld.

The statue is of the Mayan maize god. He was found in a pyramid-style temple in Copan in modern-day Honduras surrounded by many other maize gods. In Mayan mythology, the maize god was decapitated ...