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

The pyramid-building society reigned over much of Central America until it collapsed. Today, its descendants keep many traditions alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan ...

A new exhibit exploring the ancient Mayan civilization has opened at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, ...

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 Mexico, ...

With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser technology has ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

Patolli was detected in the ancient city of Naachtun in northern Guatemala, found to be embedded within the floor of a ...

Archaeologists uncovered a cosmic map of the universe at the oldest Maya site, reshaping beliefs about early civilization and social structure ...