Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also remembered for other amazing creations, like their spectacular buildings and beautiful objects made from jade, a rare and ...

The ancient city of Chichen Itza is said to have ... and the gods and goddesses have had a big impact on the Mayan people and their way of life. Studying these gods and goddesses helps us ...

A new book takes readers on a guided tour of Maya history as narrated by an anthropologist who has spent more than 35 years ...

It begins to help us imagine how people thought about their daily lives, about how they made choices.” The new findings differ from what was found when other ancient Maya regions were examined with ...

The cave is filled with hundreds of monumental relics from the ancient Mayan civilisation ... is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Auld-Thomas's adviser, Tulane professor Marcello Canuto, said the extensive data they collected will "allow us to tell better stories of the ancient Mayan people," marrying what scientists already ...

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...