Archaeologists uncover a massive Maya monument in Mexico, challenging long-held beliefs about ancient power and early ...

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The site's name, Patlachique, may derive from patla-achiuhcan, meaning "the place where exchanges are made to produce water," based on analysis of the glyph in the 16th-century Codex Vergara. This ...

His exquisite craft in mask-making seemed to speak across time and space with the artistry of "my uncle," a scion of a Chinese family of carpenters. The mask's soulful eyes conveyed the Mayan ...

Thailand's natural pools offer travelers a sense of wild wonder, but so too do the cenotes and pyramids of Mexico's Yucatán ...

An ancient Mayan monument found at Mexico’s Aguada Fénix site in 2020 has now been revealed by archaeologists as a cosmogram.

Archaeologists have confirmed that Aguada Fénix, the largest and oldest known Maya monument, was designed as a massive cosmogram representing the Maya conception of the universe. New excavations at ...

Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs.

A recently unearthed ancient monument in southeastern Mexico was built as a giant representation of the Mesoamerican universe ...

Beneath the pastures and clay soil of a remote cattle ranching area in the Mexican state of Tabasco, near the border with ...

Learn about the collection of ritualistic items unearthed at the largest and oldest known Maya monument, Aguada Fénix.

In the summer of 2020, an international team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist reported the discovery of the ...