An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de ...

Until recently, Mayan script was indecipherable. David Stuart was one of the few who helped to crack it.

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to visit the famous Maya ruins in Guatemala's Tikal National Park on Wednesday on ...

It's not every day that modern researchers uncover an ancient lost city. But for a network of scientists exploring Mexico's central Yucatan Peninsula, that very phenomenon is becoming so common that ...

A Mayan palace dating back more than 1,000 years was discovered by archaeologists in Mexico.The ruins were found in the Kuluba archaeological zone in the Mexican state of Yucatán, about 63 miles west ...

A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization. “Maya: The Exhibition,” which opened earlier this week and will run through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes ...

The Maya have lived in Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula since at least 1800 B.C. and flourished in the region for thousands of years. According to countless studies, the Maya civilization ...

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But for a network of scientists exploring Mexico's central Yucatan Peninsula, that very phenomenon is becoming so common that it's become the butt of a joke. "If you get a map of the state of Campeche ...