LOS ANGELES -- 250 ancient artifacts from the Mayan Civilization are on display in the US for the first time at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. "The Mayans have lived in Southern Mexico, ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

In the spring of 1967, workers building a small airport behind Chichén Itzá, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, ran into a problem: Their excavations had uncovered human remains in the pathway of the ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

The Ancient Maya civilisation is celebrated not only for its remarkable achievements in art, architecture and astronomy but also for its sophisticated engagement with complex tropical environments.

An extensive ancient Mayan civilization that existed more than 2,000 years ago has been partially excavated in northern Guatemala, according to a new study. As reported first by VICE, nearly 1,000 ...