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

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 ...

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

The Foundation works to recover Maya objects that were illegally removed from Guatemala. “What we do is receive them from donations from abroad to bring them back to the region where they were ...

Turns Out, It's A Lost Ancient Maya Treasure The artifact has been sent back to Mexico where it will join 19 other recently recovered objects related to the country's cultural heritage. Dr ...

How an American couple are piecing together a lost civilization 07:32. A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who ...

Today, some Maya culture and traditions persist. The Met’s exhibition includes video of young dancers in Santa Cruz Verapaz, Guatemala, performing the Dance of the Macaws, which “explains the ...

In 2024, a Mayan megacity was discovered in Campeche, Mexico. Swallowed by the rainforest, this lost urban center contained pyramids, plazas, amphitheaters, and highways. But this discovery wasn't ...

“For the Maya, objects could contain ch’ulel, or soul-force, which resided in blood,” said Nicholas Dunning, another co-author of the study from the University of Cincinnati in the US ...

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 ...