The city features all the hallmarks of a Maya political capital: pyramids, plazas connected by broad causeways, a ballcourt, and sophisticated water management systems.

Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographic map of the early Maya city "Head of Stone" in Guatemala's Central Lakes region, adding new perspective to the site and its ancient ...

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city with impressive pyramids, a study reports. Many of the ...

In 2009 he used it to map Caracol, a Maya city in Belize, where he and his wife Diane Chase, an archaeologist at Claremont Graduate University, have worked for 35 years.

A map of Nixtun-Ch'ich' showing the topography of the site. Some researchers argue that the city may have been constructed to resemble the form of a crocodile.

Laser maps show that Maya cities varied substantially in population density and typically included less crowded zones in between city centers and rural areas. Most sites had a surprising number of ...

It was a good story while it lasted: A 15-year-old boy discovered a lost city by theorizing that a modern star map would correlate with ancient Mayan settlements.

Imposing Western Maps on Maya Landscapes. To Anthony Aveni, an astronomer and anthropologist who is widely considered the "father of archaeoastronomy," trying to impose a one-to-one correspondence ...

An entire Maya city full of pyramids and palatial complexes has been discovered in a remote jungle in southeastern Mexico, archaeologists report. Covered in thick vegetation, the ruins were found ...

Teen Probably Didn’t Unearth an Ancient Mayan City Using Star Maps (Updated) By Madison Malone Kircher. May 10, ... The ancient Maya didn’t plot their ancient cities according to constellations.

In 735, Ruler 3 from the Maya city known today as Dos Pilas, captured the ruler of Seibal, Yich'ak Balam, and his city, leading to about 60 years of foreign rule.

Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographic map of the early Maya city "Head of Stone" in Guatemala's Central Lakes region, adding new perspective to the site and its ancient ...