Every little piece we can obtain from the excavations is fundamental, like a piece of the larger puzzle we are putting ...

At the peak of its glory, around a.d. 750, Tikal was home to at least 60,000 Maya and held sway over several other city-states scattered through the rain forest from the YucatánPeninsula to ...

The Maya never formed a traditional empire like the Incas or Aztecs, or at least not a long-lasting one. Rather, they formed a network of city-state kingdoms with different complex trade networks ...

“These findings challenge the traditional view that Maya cities — including their hinterland — were isolated city-states or regional kingdoms,” Morales-Aguilar said. Instead, they paint a ...

The lush jungles of Mexico have revealed a hidden marvel: an ancient Maya city sprawling under centuries of dense growth.

The likely sacrificed human remains and its craftsmanship tells the story of a major conflict between a Maya city-state and a powerful rival. The findings are detailed in a study published April 8 ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered ... even in dense forest conditions in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche. Archaeologists in 2018 uncovered a massive network ...

The downfall of Maya city states was also sparked by warfare and the 16th-century conquest of the region by Spanish invaders.

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ...