Mysteries of the Maya Chichen Itza, located in the Yucatán Peninsula, is not just any archaeological site. It stands as one ...

The Ancient Maya civilization, known for its remarkable achievements in architecture, mathematics, and astronomy, also had a complex relationship with its environment. Recent research has shed ...

There are still Mayan cities and sites being discovered. The Classic Maya civilization grew to about 40 cities at its peak. Today, for as much as the Mayan world has been discovered, there is ...

Rellenitos are a beloved Guatemalan dessert featuring ripe plantains filled with sweetened refried black beans. They're then ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

After two years of dialogue and coordinated work between the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and ejidal ...

“The Maya are often viewed as a cautionary tale about climate change — this great civilization collapses simply because of a drought. Well, that’s not quite what happened,” he says. “And even if ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...