Newly published research shows just how pervasive mercury—an essential element in the red cinnabar pigment favoured by the ...

Nupur Kanoi’s latest collection, Maya, is more than just a fashion statement—it’s an artistic journey into the heart of ...

He was born in Hoxton (London) and established himself as an architect, draftsman, and traveler. He visited the Middle East ...

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler has excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team ...

continued to be used by their Mayan descendants until around 200 CE. "This is the earliest large-scale Archaic fish-trapping facility recorded in ancient Mesoamerica," the study authors wrote in ...

No, this isn’t a plot from Indiana Jones: An ancient Maya city that’s been lost for centuries was just uncovered in Mexico. Scientists discovered over 6,500 pre-Hispanic Maya structures within ...

The ancient Mayan canal network dates back to 4,000 years ago, making the discovery one of the oldest findings in Central America. The intricate network of canals was discovered in Belize by ...

The ancient Maya possessed many techniques for using their skin as a canvas on which to project information about their social role and status. One of the most common of these was body painting ...

An ancient Mayan city buried for centuries in Mexico’s jungles was recently discovered by a Tulane University graduate student examining old land survey data. Luke Auld-Thomas, a Ph.D. student at ...

Archaeologists have long known that the Maya Lowlands, in the southernmost region of Mexico, harbors ancient urban settings (SN: 10/25/21). When archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas, of Tulane ...

To feed the ancient city of Holmul, the Maya turned a swamp into a breadbasket. But at least some of their precursors may have made it big on fish, not grain. The common feature, though ...