Tikal National Park in northeast Guatemala is a phenomenal and almost otherworldly place to visit. With its massive pyra ...

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

The Mayans chose this site because it is slightly elevated on a flat island and because of the cenotes — natural sinkholes — and the water they provided. Roads from all four directions led to San ...

A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so ...

I just happen to be kind of good at school,” said Wendy Matias-Pablo, a High School senior. She realized what she had just said and gave a little laugh. “Not to gloat or anything,” she added. Humility ...

Archaeologists have been left stunned after they discovered compelling evidence confirming the interaction between the Mayan ...

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient ...

“The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them ... which eventually propelled the Mayan kingdom to its most powerful point, before it declined around 900 AD.

One of the most complete set of Mayan buildings that remain are at Tikal in northern Guatemala, the largest and possibly the oldest of the Mayan cities. Dating to 400 BC, it was saved from ruin by ...