Archaeologists noticed that the walls of this ancient Mayan palace resembled snake scales — before finding human remains within.

Researchers discovered the stone artifact in the Acropolis, or royal palace, of Ek' Balam, an ancient Mayan city inhabited for more than 1,000 years.

The ancient Maya city of Tikal, in modern-day Guatemala, flourished between roughly 600 B.C. and A.D. 900. Starting out as a modest series of hamlets, it became a great Maya city-state with more ...

Archaeologists at Palenque found ritual offering deposits of crab, seafood from elite feasts buried at ancient Mayan palace, photos show.

The palace is the largest architectural complex in the ancient city, which was occupied for centuries, reaching its zenith between A.D. 500 and A.D. 700, when its influence extended throughout the ...

Mexican archaeologists uncovered earlier this month a palace-esque structure used to house Mayan people in the ancient Kabah site, Mexico's Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced ...

The royal Maya palace now being excavated in Guatemala provides an opportunity to try a new approach to archaeological preservation that not only will protect the ancient site but will also ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex geopolitics ...

In the Kingdom of the Ancient Maya Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, artists, and kings that still ...