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LiDAR technology has revealed a cluster of great structures including a 25m high pyramid in the middle of the Mexican jungle, belonging to a Mayan city that has been los…
Using LiDAR, archaeologists have discovered thousands of ancient Mayan structures and settlements, including towers, temples and roads.
New research into ancient Mayan citadels warns archaeologists could be in danger as a ghost that harmed ancient people rises again when dug up.
A crisis that threatens modern humans could be averted by the thing that helped the Maya survive for more than 1,000 years.
The signs revealed by two of the thirteen skulls point to an even more gruesome truth concerning the pyramid in the eastern plaza of the Moral-Reforma citadel.
The discovery of a complex network of fish traps dating back 4,000 years shows how the Maya developed into a civilization in Central America and what is now southern Mex…
A series of pyramids, temples, houses... and a glorious Mayan capital were hidden right next to a densely populated area without anyone knowing.
Evidence of ancient magic potions and a mysterious ritual have been found in what appears to be a Mayan recreation site.
In the past, turkeys played an important role in the religious beliefs of the ancient Mayan civilization.
The origin of the Mayan civilization remains a mystery that archaeologists and historians are trying to decipher.
UNESCO has just registered the ancient city of Tak'alik Ab'aj in Guatemala on the list of World Heritage Sites.
The Maya civilization is one of the oldest and mysterious civilizations in the world, descended from a people full of wisdom. The Maya civilization distributed in the ju…
The ancient Maya city of Tikal, in present-day Guatemala, flourished from about 600 BC to 900 AD.
A research team has combined a wealth of historical records with new analyzes of Mayan remains from the late empire, pointing to a kind of apocalypse that we ourselves m…
The Mayan pyramids are not only tombs to bury the remains of kings and nobles, but also contain many precious objects from jade and stingray bones.