WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ascended to the throne as the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in what is today Belize. Archaeologists have learned about him through writings from years ...

It’s a blast from the long-ago past. Archaeologists unearthed a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city in Guatemala — complete with pyramids and mysterious monuments — that reveals new traces of the ancient ...

An archaeological find in Mexico revealed a stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols that, in part, describe the founding of a town in 569 AD. The slab was located on the floor of what was once a pool ...

Inhabitants of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá are well-known for their practice of ritual human sacrifice. The most prevalent notion in the popular imagination is that of young Maya women being ...

There are so many things about the Ancient Maya that history books just don't have time to cover. From their beautiful murals to their interesting body modification practices to their ingenious water ...