The stone temple in the ancient city of Caracol soars above the jungle in western Belize, an enduring symbol of the Maya dynasties that ruled Central America for centuries. Caracol’s central temple ...

Archaeologists interested in the history of the Mayan kingdom were in for a surprise as a new tomb rose to prominence. After four decades of work in Caracol, Belize, Central America, experts unearthed ...

Throughout history, clean and potable water has been one of the most prized possessions, without which no human civilization could have ever sustained itself. Not only is water crucial for drinking ...

NMAI copy 39088019862119 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. 1. The Discovery of the Maya -- 2. The Maya World -- 3. The Maya World on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest -- 4. Roots of ...

The idea that the Maya calendar “reset” in 2012 and took the world with it was always a projection of modern anxiety, not an ...

Ritual killing was a common part of religious sacrifice in the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá. For decades, media depictions cast the victims of these acts as young women and adolescent girls. In ...

The ancient script of the Maya baffled scholars for centuries. Widely viewed as one of the greatest civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, which peaked around A.D. 250-900, the Maya people of ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Mexico is building a $15 billion train line through the heart of ancient ...

This photo released by the Guatemalan government shows two anthropomorphic sculptures that "represent an ancestral couple." - Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports Archaeologists have discovered ...

News. A man pretended to be his dead mother to collect her pension: the real Mrs. Doubtfire News. Earthquake in archaeology: a new study suggests that Neanderthals disappeared for a reason not ...