Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the indelible pigment was used to accentuate everything from ceramics to human ...

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

Jaguars, tarantulas, cougars and ancient Mayan cities await on this trek into the Guatemalan wilderness, finds ...

Tulum was a sleepy town on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with deep connections to its Mayan roots. Even when American beach bums ...

A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

Houston says the ancient paintings are badly degraded after their centuries underground, but the altar’s Teotihuacan influence is still clear: “It’s not done remotely in the Maya style.” ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

The fledgling brand Kāli seeks to celebrate the country’s 5,000-year-old tradition of intricate metalwork on a global stage ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over the course of his career, Professor Marcello Canuto has done plenty of that.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient humans living about 15,000 years ago in present day Morocco may have ritualistically feasted on some of the world’s ...