In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning signaled a ...

The pyramid known as El Castillo, or the Temple of Kukulcán, stands 30 meters (98 feet) tall and features nine terraced ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

Lidar technology has allowed scientists to survey large swaths of land from the comfort of a computer lab, uncovering anomalies in the landscape that often prove to be pyramids, family houses and ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

Nearly 2,000 years before Christ was born, the jungle lowlands of Central America gave birth to a civilization that would introduce the Western Hemisphere to its first fully developed writing system, ...

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