Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar ...

Deep within the Mexican jungle, archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably intact Maya city, named Minanbé, hidden for over a ...

Researchers used airborne laser mapping to peer through the dense canopy to find the 1,000-year-old settlement on the Yucatán peninsula.

Uxmal is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the Americas and is often considered the best-preserved Maya ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan warrior found in the Temple of ...

Archaeologists have found portions of a long-lost Maya city in southern Mexico's deep forests. The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Tuesday that Ocomtun, the ...

"The Sanxingdui civilization and the Maya civilization, both located near the Tropic of Cancer, once gazed upon the same starry sky. Both attempted to communicate with the cosmos, hoping to coexist ...

Archaeologists exploring the deep jungles of Mexico uncovered the remains of a previously unknown ancient Mayan city. A team from the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and ...