The three ancient artworks were found affixed to two platforms near an area used for a ball game, the likes of which were popular across much of the Mayan culture’s 3,000-year history.

Cinnabar was used as a pigment in Maya art, and its red color may have been regarded as sacred. Evidence of its use in funeral rites has been found at other Maya sites, and the color may have ...

Last year, Luke Auld-Thomas, a researcher specializing in Mayan settlements at Tulane University in New Orleans, was poring over a Mexican environmental monitoring survey, when he spotted ...