The history of the ancient Maya board game patolli gained a new twist when archaeologists discovered a game board embedded in ...

In Mexico, researchers discovered a large—scale structure among the ancient Maya, which, as it has now been established, was ...

An ancient Maya structure was likely built around communal astronomical observations, but the identity of a mysterious woman ...

New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico. This ancient site, ...

Archaeologists uncover a rare Maya mosaic gameboard in Guatemala, revealing how ancient games were built into elite Maya ...

Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...

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

Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water crisis, a new study has found. The Maya civilization dates back almost 4,000 years and spanned what is now Belize, Guatemala, ...

Inhabitants of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá are well-known for their practice of ritual human sacrifice. The most prevalent notion in the popular imagination is that of young Maya women being ...