Archaeologists working at the Chichén Itzá site on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico recently made a stunning discovery — a ...

Calakmul's Structure II is absurdly large, covering 5 acres and rising 175 feet from the jungle floor. White tips of a few other structures broke through a dark green canopy that stretched as far ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ...

The classic period of Mayan history was so-named for its art – murals, carvings, reliefs – which, in its skill and beauty, the region’s conquerors thought recalled the classical art of the ...

The next 30 years of Maya history are a bit fuzzy. Thanks to Mexican archaeologists Enrique Nalda and Sandra Balanzario, we know that Sky Witness died 10 years after his victory, when he was in ...

This mural of the Maya corn god is among the works of art found in San Bartolo, Guatemala. A new discovery at this site suggests Maya writing is older than once thought.

Despite being studied for generations, there were many gaps in our knowledge of Mayan history that were not filled until the deciphering of the Maya's strange writings, whose mysteries were ...

The ancient Maya were a great civilization. They had important inventions and made many advances, such as in higher mathematics. They figured out the concept of zero, for instance, putting them in ...

An ancient Maya city reveals its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas. The discovery – the burning of a long-dead king’s skeleton and sacred funerary regalia – reveals new secrets ...