A pioneering study is unveiling the genetic history of the Classic Maya civilization, providing fresh perspectives on their ...

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

Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

One of the largest and best-preserved Mayan pyramids, the temple was a mausoleum for 7th century ruler K’inich Janab Pakal. The evidence of a long-forgotten civilization was everywhere ...

The vast city-state had a long run, flourishing from roughly 600 B.C. until A.D. 900 when the Maya civilization mysteriously collapsed. A group of scientists recently revisited the site ...

LiDAR has been used to detect the remains of early Mayan civilizations since 2015, when two large-scale surveys were taken of the southern half of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin. The technology ...

Scientists say this extensive road-and-city network, along with sophisticated ceremonial complexes, hydraulic systems and agricultural infrastructure, suggests that the ancient Maya civilization ...

From a Maya city to complex villages deep in the Brazilian Amazon, here are six previously unknown civilizations that were discovered through state-of-the-art lidar technology. Maya pyramidal ...

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 ...