A vertical column of 10 glyphic words, uncovered last year in ruins in Guatemala, is unreadable even by the most expert scholars, but they know what it means – that Maya writing is older than once ...
Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered an ancient Mayan artifact featuring a depiction of a serpent. The stone block was used by the Maya as the cover of a vault, Mexico's National Institute of ...
A vast city built by the ancient Mayan civilisation and discovered nearly a century ago in modern day Guatemala is finally starting to yield its secrets - including a hint that apocalyptic predictions ...
The peoples of Classic Maya civilization were obsessed with sharks. Images of shark-like monsters appear in Maya cities throughout the regions known today as Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala—even deep in ...
On a square black velvet cloth, Lesly Ellis carefully shapes grains of rice in honor of the Mayan calendar symbol for this year's Día de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead. The symbol changes ...
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have made a significant discovery during ongoing construction of the Maya Train project, a 966-mile intercity railway ...