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In a significant development in archaeological research, a panel inscribed with Mayan hieroglyphics has been recovered from a ...

More Mayan sites have been found in the last 10 years than in the preceding 150. Here's how space technology is helping ...

The walls of Loltun's caves serve as a canvas to the past, showcasing drawings and carvings that date back thousands of years ...

Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale. Among the Maya, smoking tobacco was more common than liquid ...

Buried beneath it, he says, is a pyramid. In 700-800 C.E., the ancient Maya would ascend a stairway to a temple at the pyramid’s top to offer gifts and sacrifices to the kingdom’s patron deity.

The $30-billion train line has come to symbolize the presidency of López Obrador, an ambitious, often divisive leader ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...

June 12, 2024 — Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political ...

Works by Alejandro García Contreras and Le’Andra LeSeur are now on view at the Brooklyn arts space, up and running again after an eight-month closure.

The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe, from the natural world to everyday experiences, was part of a single, powerful spiritual force. They were not polytheists who worshipped ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...