Each Olmec head is unique, leading archeologists to believe they may have been made in honor of ancient Mesoamerican rulers.

In the 21st century, venturing to assert that not all places on Earth have been discovered seems like a safe bet. In 2024, a PhD student from Mexico discovered a large city immerse ...

Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun ...

Always a rabid Broncos fan, Nicky was heartbroken when John Elway retired, so he cloistered himself in a Maoist transgender nunnery in the Red Desert. He taught switchblade tactics to the sisters and ...

The stone fragments had been discovered inside ‘Handprint Cave’ in Belize alongside other artefacts suggestive of ritual use.

The Maya civilization thrived at Tikal and in other cities until it declined after about A.D. 900, for reasons that are much debated. Before that, Teotihuacan had also declined, from about the ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

The traditional Chinese version of the sacred Mayan text “Popol Vuh,” an endeavor undertaken as a partnership between Taiwan ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

The Tlacotepehuas, a civilization once located in the Sierra de Guerrero, have long been a mystery, with very little ...

Once one of the most magnificent city-states of the Maya civilization, Chichen Itza now stands quietly amid the jungle, waiting for the world to visit and listen to its stories. I walked with my ...