Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

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Discovered by Disaster examines mysterious curiosities that were once hidden from human eyes, only to be exposed by a calamitous incident.

Today, more than 30 Mayan languages exist and are spoken by at least six million people worldwide. Although some, like ...

Although the curatorial parallels can feel strained, the underlying message is unequivocal: cross-cultural exchanges foster ...

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

When, in the 1960s, the hieroglyphs—the most sophisticated writing system created in the New World—were at last beginning to be deciphered, a new picture of these people emerged. Mayan art and ...

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For more than 1,000 years, dense forests in the Mexican state of Campeche concealed the region’s ancient human history. Scientists called Campeche an archaeological “blank spot” in the Maya ...