Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a ...

Researchers excavated an ancient Maya complex that spanned three cities in Guatemala. Each city featured its own unique architectural advancement: an observatory, a pyramid, and a canal system ...

Researchers excavated an ancient Maya complex that spanned three cities in Guatemala. Each city featured its own unique architectural advancement: an observatory, a pyramid, and a canal system ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

Over the past 17 years, the Uaxactun Archaeological Project (PARU) has identified over 170 archaeological sites related to the Maya civilization’s past. Of the 176 sites, only 20 have been ...

Another newly found city, which archaeologists named "Petnal," has a 108-foot-tall (33 meters) pyramid, the statement said. The top of the pyramid is flat and has a room that houses the remains of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers excavated an ancient Maya complex that spanned three cities in Guatemala. Each city featured its own unique architectural advancement: an ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers excavated an ancient Maya complex that spanned three cities in Guatemala. Each city featured its own unique architectural advancement: an ...

The city sits just 20 kilometers from the ruins of Uaxactún, a significant Maya sacred site. This discovery underscores the political and religious importance of this region within the broader ...

Part of the reason is the time period in which it arose. The Maya Classic period, spanning from about A.D. 250 to 900, represents the civilization’s peak.

In a rare reversal, archaeologists have determined that a Maya book written almost 900 years ago is genuine—after decades of believing it was fake. The Grolier Codex was so named because it was ...

Wilmer Aram Ajú facilitates workshops on the ancient Mayan writing system to generate greater curiosity about the language ...