The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan warrior found in the Temple of ...

The Maya Early Classic period saw a rise in monumental architecture and hieroglyphic narratives as new cities rose to ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

The ancient Maya appear to have engaged in extreme violent warfare long before previously thought, with evidence to suggest it attacked and burned down a prosperous city during the peak of the ...

This article originally appeared on Massive. Over 1,000 years ago, droughts plagued the Yucatan peninsula. The Yucatan was home to the Classic Lowland Maya Civilization, of pyramids and the number ...

A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization. “Maya: The Exhibition,” which opened earlier this week and will run through ...

The surprising discovery of a 2,800-year-old monumental structure in Tabasco, Mexico, is shaking our conceptions of Maya civilization and its emergence as a cultural force. Using a technology called ...

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News. A man pretended to be his dead mother to collect her pension: the real Mrs. Doubtfire News. Earthquake in archaeology: a new study suggests that Neanderthals disappeared for a reason not ...