Archaeologists working at the Chichén Itzá site on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico recently made a stunning discovery — a 1,100-year-old stone believed to be a scoreboard for an ancient Mesoamerican ...

Even within academic circles, a lot about the Maya remains enigmatic because of the vast cultural destruction in the 16th century. Sadly, there are aspects of the Maya that we'll never know.

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 ...

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.

Mayan was the last of the three scripts to be deciphered, beginning in the 1950s; it has given scholars a clearer picture of Mayan history. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Explore great ancient Maya cities and why their inhabitants abandoned them. The ancient ancestors of today’s Maya people thrived in large sophisticated cities across Central America for ...

History is not a static, permanent record of the past — it is a living and changing story. New theories emerge and are explored; new technologies reveal astonishing discoveries. And new ideas in ...

Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1000 B.C. May 20, 2023 More than 2 years ago ...

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 ...

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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 ...