Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities ...

Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar ...

Within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in southern Mexico, archaeologists have reached an ancient Maya settlement by carving a ...

Archaeologists discovered the remarkably preserved Maya city of Minanbé in Mexico's Campeche jungle, revealing pyramids, ...

Researchers used airborne LiDAR data to locate the 15-hectare settlement, which features temples, plazas and carved stelae.

A joint Slovenian-Mexican archaeological expedition has uncovered a previously unknown ancient city hidden beneath dense ...

The oldest recorded Maya calendar date has been revealed by high-resolution 3D scanning of an ancient Campeche moonument.

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The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan warrior found in the Temple of ...

According to a new paper, ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, "can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water ...