Mexico City - Mexican experts have discovered that the main pyramid at Mexico's Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza was at least partially built ... He said it may confirm that the Mayas included symbolic ...

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

Tikal, a few hours west ... During long hours underground, Moyes helped map the cave and scour the floor for traces of the Maya. Sometimes she would record artifacts into the wee hours of the morning.

Once a thriving Maya city with an estimated 35,000 residents, it now draws crowds of visitors from around the world to admire its grand temples and explore the region’s rich history. Designated ...

While other Maya settlements like Chichen Itza remained inhabited well into the 12 th century C.E., Tikal is thought to have collapsed around the year 900. To this day, the reasons for its ...

Mexico’s culture secretary said her agency was weighing legal action against a production company for video that seemed to show the YouTube star MrBeast violating the rules for visiting Maya ruins.

In Calakmul, an ancient Mayan lowland city so powerful it was once called the “Kingdom of the Snake", a substructure known as Building II was also visited by Donaldson’s team, which ...

Related: Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child "There are a few lines of evidence that we used to determine that this was more ...

During his reign, Pakal transformed Palenque from relative obscurity into a city that rivaled other great Maya cities such as Tikal. (Ancient Maya believed a rain god resided in caves and cenotes.) ...

A 1,700-year-old altar recently discovered at the ancient Maya city of Tikal has revealed unexpected evidence of Teotihuacan’s influence.

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a finding that could help researchers discern the nature of the city's ...