While conducting an aerial survey of northern Guatemala, researchers detected a sprawling Maya site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Part of the Maya rainforest, this area is facing intense pressure as illegal settlements are encroaching it. Between December 2022 and February 2023 alone, there were more than 510 deforestation ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual to appease the rain god. The Cueva de Sangre, ...

A sprawling Maya site has been discovered beneath a Guatemalan rain forest. Skip to main content. Scientific American. January 17, 2023. 3 min read.

2,000-Year-Old Mayan City Discovered Beneath Guatemala's Rainforest A vast, 2,000-year-old Maya site in Guatemala that was hidden by a rainforest has been found by researchers.

Geologists in northern Guatemala have discovered a huge 2,000-year-old Mayan site that dates to the Middle and Late Preclassic period below a rainforest.

Related: Lasers reveal massive, 650-square-mile Maya site hidden beneath Guatemalan rainforest The Maya had numerous city sites scattered across southern Mexico and Central America; the ...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador surprised many of his followers when he alerted them to the existence of an ancient Maya woodland spirit supposedly found by one of his engineers.

Hidden below Guatemala's lush Petén rainforest lies an ancient city not touched by humans for more than 1,000 years, but in its heyday, it was home to millions of Mesoamericans who built a ...