Evidence of a mysterious Mayan city has been uncovered in Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico. Archaeologists have recently unearthed the remarkable remains of a settlement nearly ...
This photo released by the Guatemalan government shows two anthropomorphic sculptures that "represent an ancestral couple." - Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports Archaeologists have discovered ...
Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political ...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, ...
Ceramics, human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns are among artifacts that have been uncovered by archaeologists in Guatemala at the site of the last Mayan city to resist European conquest, ...
Over 3,000 years ago, in the warm, fertile lands that are now Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, the great Maya civilization arose — its vast pyramid temples appearing to come out of nowhere. But new ...
The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...
A laser-shooting eye in the sky has revealed the previously unappreciated size and complexity of ancient Maya civilization, both before and during its presumed heyday, scientists say. Maya people in ...
The works in the Kimbell Art Museum’s exhibition on Maya art are well over 1,000 years old, but the curators can’t help but refer to some in modern terms. Take the “Eccentric” flint scepter depicting ...
Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the ...