ACHTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL CAVE, Belize -- Xibalba was a Maya name for the underworld ... large jars left behind to find that more elaborate gifts were left at the most intense periods without ...

This is the airport of Punta Gorda, the southernmost town in Belize, population 5,000. It’s remote, but it’s a bustling metropolis compared with Santa Cruz, a Maya settlement that lies a 50 ...

There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and extraordinary relics left behind. Accessible only by kayak ...

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Chichén Itzá in Mexico or Tikal in Guatemala often overshadow the incredible ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.