Ek’ Balam is one of the most impressive Mayan archeological zones, thanks to its incredible preservation. A new discovery ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...

A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Maya urn featuring a depiction of a pre-Hispanic corn deity. The artifact was uncovered during archaeological rescue investigations carried out by Mexico's ...

Ix Ch'ak Ch'een joins a distinguished roster of known Maya queens including Yohl Ik'nal of Palenque, who ruled in the late 6th century, and Lady K'abel of El Peru-Waka', who held the title of kaloomte ...

HOUSTON — University of Houston archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in Belize, Central America. The discovery represents the ...

The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

The study of Maya archaeology has increasingly embraced interdisciplinary approaches that integrate traditional excavations with advanced landscape studies. Recent decades have witnessed a ...

As an archaeologist working in Western North Carolina, I worry when I read about proposals for large developments near rivers. For the past 10 years, my research has focused on documenting ancestral ...

[English] Ancient sources of salt have been revealed by underwater archaeology along the south coast of Belize. A relative rise in sea level of about 1 m at the end of the Classic period (ca. A. D.