Explore the ancient Maya city of Uxmal, one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Maya civilization. Uxmal ...

UH archeologists Arlen and Diane Chase uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the Maya city of Caracol, ...

When a relative died, I was given an extraordinary artifact—and a head-spinning journey down a 25-year ethical rabbit hole.

A long-standing mystery surrounding the Mayan civilization's collapse has been solved. Scientists now believe a self-inflicted environmental disaster, driven by extensive deforestation for agriculture ...

Astrologer Lisa Stardust shares her insights on the Mayan system and how it captures the energy you were born into Getty If you think your birth chart says a lot about you, wait until you meet your ...

The Mayan monument of Aguada Fénix, built about 3 thousand years ago in south-eastern Mexico, is at the center of new research from the University of Arizona: it could be the oldest monumental ...

It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes. Among the early Maya, however, the site of Aguada Fénix would have ...

Cruciform cache viewed from the east. Credit: Takeshi Inomata / CC BY 4.0 A monumental discovery in southern Mexico is challenging long-held beliefs about the early Maya civilization. Archaeologists ...

In the heart of southeastern Mexico, archaeologists have uncovered a massive, ancient site that offers a new lens into the Maya civilization’s understanding of the cosmos. Known as Aguada Fénix, this ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

(CN) — For over a century, scholars have puzzled over the eclipse table in the Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving texts from the ancient Mayan civilization. Now, researchers John Justeson from ...

Correspondent Bob Woodruff explores endangered territories in the docuseries. ABC News Live's original docuseries "Last Lands," the Emmy-nominated and Webby-winning show, is returning for season 2, ...