The quest to decipher Maya hieroglyphs began with the very Spanish invaders whose hegemonic rule did so much to wipe out the ancient Maya script. Among them was the conquistador Hernando Cortes ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

The Maya city of Tikal was found to be just a fraction of an immense hidden metropolis Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough.

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá, in the sparse shade of a tropical tree, a voice ricochets wildly up the mouth of a well. “¡Lo vi! ¡Lo vi!” ...

Find out who the ancient Maya were, where they lived and what they did. What were homes in the ancient Maya civilisation like? Find out what Maya homes were made of and what they looked like.

Archaeologists located a number of buildings including this one with stone steps Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient Maya city deep in the jungle of the Yucatán ...

Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests ...

Public policy advocate and lawyer Maya Harris spoke on the final night of the Democratic National Convention to attest to why her big sister, Vice President Kamala Harris, should win the 2024 race.

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Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Perched on the Riviera Maya, roughly 14 miles north of Playa del Carmen, Mayan Palace at Vidanta Riviera Maya caters ...