One of the world's earliest city cultures, it thrived circa 2500 BCE in cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Its ...

In the second half of the course, we will explore Mesoamerican writing systems and focus on learning the Maya hieroglyphic script—the most sophisticated system ever produced in the Americas. This ...

Ancient Maya burials, once thought to show human sacrifice, may instead reflect ancestral ties, according to a theory by Dr.

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

A recent study by Dr. Angelina Locker published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology implemented bioarchaeological ...

The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to ...

more famous Mesoamerican societies like the Maya and Aztecs. The Olmec heads are among the largest non-architectural monuments ever discovered in Mexico, ranging between roughly 3.5 and 11.5 feet ...

MAYA Innovations Holdings Inc. announced last Tuesday of having integrated the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) feature of digital consumer finance platform BillEase into its own payment platform.

Guided tours provide insight into Maya culture, including sacrificial rituals, the Mesoamerican ballgame, and legends like La Casa del Enano, House of the Dwarf, a pyramid said to have been built ...

Brazil’s Maya Da-Rin’s “Canção da Noite” (“Nightsong”), director of “Fever,” and Argentine first-time feature director Julia Rodríguez “Los Zorros Grises” have won the first ...