Every year, millions of tourists flock to Chichen Itza to marvel at the ancient architecture and learn about the Mayan culture. Sacrificial rituals were common at the famous site. Over the years, ...

Divers exploring the world’s longest known submerged cave system in Mexico have uncovered ancient Maya human remains alongside the bones of Ice Age animals. The find is being described as one of the ...

Skeletons unearthed from the ruins of the ancient city of Copán in Honduras have yielded clues to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. Copán, now a Unesco World Heritage site, thrived during the ...

The ancient Maya developed one of the most sophisticated calendar systems in the ancient world. But how exactly did they record time? In this video, we explore the Maya Long Count, hieroglyphic ...

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, ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our understanding of ancient Mesoamerican society. Hidden beneath the dense jungle ...

What some have claimed is an ancient Mayan sculpture looks eerily similar to modern-day Batman, and there's good reason for that. The sculpture's modern look should raise suspicions right away, but ...

Archaeologists, with the help of drones and Google Earth imagery, have discovered 4,000-year-old canals in Belize that were once used by the predecessors of the ancient Mayans to catch freshwater fish ...

In 1967, construction workers at a new airport near the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza in Mexico made a startling discovery. While excavating, they unearthed human remains in the proposed runway ...

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We live in a light-polluted world, where streetlamps, electronic ads, and even backyard lighting block out all but the brightest celestial objects in the night sky. But travel to an officially ...