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

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as ...

Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures — and an entire previously unknown city, a new study has found. By flying ...

As he carves through dense jungle foliage with a sharpened sickle, 65-year-old Eliezer Mendez Díaz scours for building materials. He plans to make a sacred altar for the Maya rain god, Cháak, in ...

Ruins of ancient cities keep turning up in the forests of central America. How have these structures remained standing for millennia despite tropical rains, hurricanes and the return of the jungle?

Analyzing the data, researchers discovered a large city on the Yucatan peninsula with thousands ... The buried city could shed light on how ancient civilizations dealt with the same environmental ...

It’s anchored by a visit to Kiuic, the ancient Mayan city set within a lush nature reserve; your guide will be the archeologist Tomás Gallareta Cervera, the UNC Chapel Hill–educated expert ...

The ancient pot was discovered by members of the ... Mayan settlements and cities on the Yucatán continued to prosper during this period, experts said. The globular pot was found on a section ...

So, could modern societies learn anything from these ancient Maya builders when it comes to creating cities that are resilient to climate change? "The Maya case really shows that it's possible to ...