The Mayan city of Caracol has been researched for decades, but archaeologists only recently found a tomb of one of the city's ...

Mesoamerican cultures shaped the history of Central America through remarkable achievements in architecture, science, and society. Among the most influential were the Maya, who thrived in present-day ...

A Maya king’s tomb discovered in Belize offers the first proof of royal rule at Caracol and sheds light on early ties with ...

Who were the Maya? Decoding the ancient civilization's secrets The pyramid-building society reigned over much of Central America until it collapsed. Today, its descendants keep many traditions ...

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

Before the pandemic, the long-sought ruins of Sak Tz’i’, a small but influential Mesoamerican kingdom, were discovered on a cattle ranch in Mexico. This summer archaeologists returned to ...

Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1000 B.C.

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 ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

The ancient site is believed to be one of the earliest and most significant ceremonial centers of the Maya civilization in Guatemala’s dense Petén region.

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already ...