Airborne laser scanning across more than 2,100 square kilometers of dense jungle in northern Guatemala has exposed over ...
April 14 (UPI) --The oldest evidence of the Maya calendar has been excavated at San Bartolo, Guatemala, found among fragments of painted murals. Acording to a new study, two fragments with a "7 deer" ...
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology has confirmed that sonar and bathymetric surveys ...
Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary network of Preclassic Maya multi-tiered cities, towns, and villages that date back to 1,000 BCE in Guatemala. The findings indicate a previously unknown ...
The modern study of Maya civilization owes much to Uaxactun in northern Guatemala. It was there in 1916 that Sylvanus Morley, an American archaeologist and erstwhile spy, rediscovered a ruined city ...
WASHINGTON, April 13 – A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of ...
The smells of a bygone era waft through the air as Elsa Morales tosses an ancient Mayan spice on her sizzling grill to make a batch of pepian stew. The meaty dish is an explosion of flavors that ...
Introduction: crisis of governance and consequences of indeterminacy in postwar Maya Guatemala / James H. McDonald and John P. Hawkins -- "The system changed to voting": respect, electoral democracy, ...
Traditional Mayan weavings. Photo: Aisling Walsh. “Mayan culture is like the threads of our weavings,” said Carmelina Lix Socop, referring to the brightly-coloured textiles that have become almost ...