Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization ... the Maya heritage in Mesoamerica; it also promotes the education ...

LOS ANGELES -- 250 ancient artifacts from the Mayan Civilization are on display in the US for the first time at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. "The Mayans have lived in Southern ...

The Maya civilization is one of the biggest and most ... This royal household would then essentially be the center of Mayan societies. The nobility and middle class also existed, and their ...

Maya civilization once stretched across a vast ... The city of Uxmal, for example, during the 10th century had become the main center of power in the Puuc region. An enormous palace served as ...

One of the largest and best-preserved Mayan pyramids, the temple was a mausoleum for 7th century ruler K’inich Janab Pakal. The evidence of a long-forgotten civilization was everywhere ...

The dynasty flourished during the Classic period of Maya culture, from 250 to 900 A.D., when the civilization counted ... Jacinto Gomez Sanchez, center, who found the first stone slab of Sak ...

The site, which contains several large pyramidal structures, was likely an important center in the region during the Classic period of the Maya civilization (around 250-1,000 A.D.), according to ...

Ancient Maya artistic sensibility acknowledged that their civilization and way of life was only possible with the nourishment provided by this agricultural staple, which they deified. The Popol ...