ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

Kansas City Union Station’s Maya: The Exhibition opens Friday. What to expect before going to the popular exhibit.

Laser mapping technology has uncovered nearly 1,000 early Mayan settlements and human-built roads that connected them, according to a recent study, which suggests the civilization was more ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

A Mayan city lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico has been revealed. The discovery occurred in the southeastern state of Campeche, and archaeologists have named it Valeriana, after a nearby ...

"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

Study decodes ‘unexpected danger’ that lurked under ancient Mayan cities Mercury from patios, floors, walls, and ceramics may have leached and spread into soil and water ...

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital is objecting to the hundreds of millions of dollars it was ordered to pay the Kowalskis in the 'Take Care of Maya' trial.

The remains of an ancient Mayan complex spread across three cities were uncovered in northern Guatemala. Experts have identified sanctuaries, a pyramid, and a unique canal system that suggest that ...

Stephanie Allison Jolluck was apprehended by authorities days after a close call with airport security, who found two 1,000-year-old artifacts in her luggage.

From imposing stelae (stone monuments) to tiny ornaments carved from jade, shell and obsidian, these rare objects tell the stories of the ancient Maya deities.