Scientists from the USA and Denmark have discovered Mayan tattooing tools in the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, shedding ...

Scientists from the USA and Denmark have discovered Mayan tattooing tools in the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, shedding ...

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

has helped archaeologists better understand that mysterious city in what became the Aztec lands. Among the new finds are Mayan glyphs that make the earliest-known mention of what’s now central ...

While this may be true in some cases, in Mexico, the country's unique blend of influences, spanning colonial structures, Aztec and Mayan history, haciendas, Islamic nods, Native American heritage, and ...

Additionally, they collected data from other parts of the world where the Neolithic arrived later, such as Eastern and Central Europe, pre-Roman Britain, and the pre-Inca, Aztec, and Mayan ...

During the Spanish colonial era, for instance, a carmine hue devised by the Aztec and Mayan people (and derived from an insect that feeds on prickly pear cactus) became a global commodity ...

Early examples of molcajetes, which are often made from volcanic rock, have been found at Aztec and Mayan archaeological sites, and the items are still common in kitchens and restaurants.

A buried altar recently discovered just outside the heart of the ancient Maya city of Tikal may shed ... “Everyone knows what happened to the Aztec civilization after the Spanish arrived ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture ...

An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as Guatemalan archaeologist Lorena Paiz, right, speaks during a press ...