Belize has it all: lush rainforests, waterfalls, and turquoise waters. Start your journey in the jungle, visiting ancient ...

However, recently, a group of researchers, led by Dr. Stemp, have uncovered the first ever Mayan tattooing implements in Actun Uayazaba Kab cave in Belize. The findings are published in the ...

About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the nonprofit Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center. He is standing at the side of the George ...

The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Archaeologists made a chilling discovery inside Cueva de Sangre - aka a Mayan ‘Blood Cave’ - in Dos Pilas in Petén, Guatemala ...

The discovery includes a pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize, which may represent the first known tattooing needles from a site linked to the Maya civilization.

These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

In the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, researchers discovered two chert flakes that were identified as tattooing tools used by the Maya. These tools are dated to the Classic period (250–900 AD).

A page of a historic Mayan manuscript, which depicts the Mayan calendar (Credit: Getty Images) Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories.

The Mayan civilization arose around 2000 BC, reaching its height between 400 and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.