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

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

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

Though the ruins and carved hieroglyphs of ancient Mayan cities may seem like relics of a long-lost civilisation, many Mayan communities survived the Spanish conquest of the 16th Century and ...

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

If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans. They are the indigenous culture that ruled southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El ...

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

The stories were sometimes inscribed on pyramids through hieroglyphic illustrations. For example, The Temple of the Inscriptions situated in the ancient Maya city of Palenque features hieroglyphic ...