Ancient Maya stairways carved with centuries of dynastic history hide a deliberately altered timeline, according to a new study published in the journal Latin American Antiquity. Researchers say scribes at a ceremonial site in Mexico reworked parts of their...
Archaeologists working at an ancient Maya site in southern Mexico have found what they say is the earliest known evidence of Maya kingship and calendar use in the region.
Kenichiro Tsukamoto, an archaeologist at the University of California, Riverside, led...
A new study argues that ancient Maya communities lived alongside ruins not as passive bystanders but as active participants who shaped, reclaimed, and politicized the decaying structures around them.
David W. Mixter of the Environmental Studies Program at Binghamton University...
Researchers have confirmed the existence of a sunken Maya settlement beneath the waters of Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan highlands, a find some are calling a Maya Atlantis.
The site, submerged due to natural shifts in water levels, represents an...
The Maya town of Hunacti in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula quietly defied Spanish colonial authority for 15 years, keeping ancient Maya religious practices alive even within the walls of a newly built church.
New archaeological research at the site reveals how...
Recent excavations have confirmed that X’baatún, a little-known Maya site located in Oxwatz Park, Mexico, once served as a significant Maya urban center. Researchers working in the ejido of Tekal de Venegas in Yucatán uncovered structural remains pointing to...
Archaeologists in northern Guatemala have uncovered a rare discovery at the ancient Maya city of Naachtun: a patolli gameboard crafted as a floor mosaic, the first of its kind in the region.
The artifact, embedded into a residential structure’s floor,...
Beneath the waters of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, in the territory of the former Maya civilization, lie the submerged ruins of an extraordinary site that bears striking similarities to the legendary Atlantis. Known as Samabaj, this underwater city raises...
Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a Maya king at Caracol, Belize’s largest ancient city, offering the first direct evidence of royal rule at the site. The discovery of the Maya king's tomb—believed to date back 1,700 years—reveals critical...
