Archeology
A Mayan city forgotten for more than 1,000 years discovered in the Mexican jungle
Three flights over the Campeche jungle on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have revealed a lost city that may have been abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, a
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10,000-year-old remains in an underwater cave
The remains belonged to a 30-year-old Paleoindian woman, helping to reveal new information about the first inhabitants to live in the Americas.
Archeology
Traces of 2.5 million-year-old 'beast' sharks appear ... in the middle of the city
In a natural sink in the heart of Mexico's state capital of Yucatan, scientists have discovered traces of megalodons, beasts that are many times larger than ordinary sha…
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Discovered a bizarre life, eating poisonous gas in a flooded cave in Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) is one of the most prominent places in history: It is the land where the meteorite falls that destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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Mayan civilization may have been destroyed by drought
Previously, scholars believed that a serious drought could have killed the ancient Maya culture that was famous for mastering language, mathematics and astronomy. Howeve…
1001 mystery
Uxmal City: Ancient Mayan civilization is still unknown
Along with other areas in the north like Chichen Itza, the ancient city of Uxmal survived the collapse that affected most of the Mayan civilization's other cities.
1001 mystery
Open the Mayan hell gate
Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is littered with thousands of mysterious caves that once served as a haven for prehistoric people and later became a sacred Mayan sacrifice.
Archeology
Discovered two ancient tombs in Maya civilization in Guatemala
A group of archaeologists discovered two ancient tombs of the Mayan civilization under two pyramids in the ancient city of Holmul, north of Guatemala.
Archeology
The 15-year-old boy found the ancient city of Maya in the jungle
15-year-old William Gadoury in Canada became the first to discover the location of the forgotten Maya city in the Mexican jungle with satellite images and ancient astron…
Archeology
Maya people use chocolate as spices
Archaeologists have discovered traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). That said, cocoa may have been used by the Mayans not onl…
Archeology
The burial chamber of the Mayan people was discovered
Archaeologists have found a deep hole buried with six skeleton remains in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Experts said that this is a rite of burying the Mayan rainwater…
Archeology
Ancient Mayans knew business?
Chemical analysis of soil samples in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula shows that contrary to the judgment of archaeologists, the ancient Mayans used to trade food.
Environment
Discover the largest underwater cave on the planet
Archaeologists find the largest underwater cave in the waters off the southeastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, the International Business Times reported on January 17.
Environment
Mexico: Research the world's longest underwater cave
The world's longest underwater cave system has just been discovered on January 23 this year in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. This underground cave system found by divin…
Environment
The second largest bay in the world - Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico lies between Southeastern North America, bordering the American peninsula of Florida, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the Cuban island forming an oval.…