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

The jungle canopy of the Yucatán Peninsula has hidden entire cities so thoroughly that researchers have walked past pyramids ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

Ancient Maya people were buried miles away from their teeth. Now scientists know why - Strange burial was likely an attempt by Maya elites to position themselves as ‘mediators with supernatural forces ...

After using lasers to map the Maya Lowlands, researchers have updated their estimates of the total Maya population during the ...

On June 22, 2026, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of Minanbé — an intact, ...

A cave in Belize contains teeth from dozens of important Maya people buried elsewhere, which may attest to a ritual intended to ensure their passage to the underworld ...

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#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in México. Learn about the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The ancient Maya were a group of Mesoamerican Indigenous people who developed one of the most advanced societies in history, which such achievements ...