The institutions of their government, and the increasing threats – be they climatic, military, economic or political – gave ...

Italian authorities have seized numerous well-preserved artifacts dating back to the third century BCE that were initially ...

Beyond the Mexican peninsula’s famous coast lies a spectacular, less-visited land of Mayan ruins, secret pools and somnolent ...

Uncover the secrets of Mexico's Mayan ruins, from Chichen Itza to Calakmul, these sites offer a glimpse into an ancient ...

The Maya were known for their specialized craftsmanship. For example, Maya city-states were known for producing unique crafts like pottery, textiles, jade carvings and obsidian tools that were traded ...

This year many people in China were charmed by the ancient Inca civilization at an exhibition held in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen T ...

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 ...

Dating to approximately 750-850 CE, Valeriana’s population density ranks second only to the ancient city of Calakmul among known Maya settlements. The high concentration of structures within the ...

Indian educator and engineer Sudha Murty, now a Rajya Sabha member, advocates for domestic tourism. In her maiden Rajya Sabha speech and a subsequent tweet, she highlighted Unakoti, a Tripura site ...

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 ...

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 ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed rare carvings on an ancient Mayan ball court depicting a powerful snake-themed dynasty. Excavators have uncovered three stucco reliefs that depict scenes of the Kaanu ...