The Classic Maya period, from around 250-900 CE, is seen as something of a golden age for the civilization. During that time, ...

Archaeologists exploring the Maya ruins of Xultun in Guatemala have, for the first time, deciphered the name of an ancient ...

But he won’t be winning any awards—he died more than 1,000 years ago in the Maya empire that once flourished in Mesoamerica.

Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the name of a mathematician who wrote the text around 1200 years ago ...

Researchers have reconstructed and transcribed a mathematical formula from the site of Xultun, Guatemala, revealing the name ...

Scientists have long known that the Maya were great thinkers—and we may finally have at least one name to credit.

Maize (corn) is a major dietary staple in Maya communities past and present because of its reliability, potential for surplus ...

Mexican archaeologists have uncovered ancient ruins bearing signs of Mayan culture and previously unseen architectural features in the eastern state of Veracruz, a discovery officials described as ...

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The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable ...