The Maya civilization emerged circa 2000 BCE, and for centuries they ruled over an extensive territory in Central America.

A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

In a speech delivered at the Peruvian Congress on Nov 21, 2016, Xi expressed his admiration for the Inca civilization, ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work ...

Tulane researchers uncovered over 6,500 Maya structures in Mexico using lidar, revealing a complex settlement landscape and challenging previous assumptions about the Maya civilization’s urban and ...

“For the longest time,” Auld-Thomas said, “our sample of the Maya civilization was a couple of hundred square kilometers total. That sample was hard won by archaeologists who painstakingly ...