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

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

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 ...

This discovery significantly expands the sample size of studied Maya urban centers, providing unprecedented insights into their civilization’s scale and complexity. The finding suggests that the ...

The reliefs were made with artistic precision that demonstrates the high level of Mayan civilization and were created using a ...

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 ...

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

Using lidar, researchers discovered 6,500 Maya structures hidden in Mexico’s jungles, including pyramids and vast city ...

The city spans an area similar in size to Beijing, signalling its role as a likely political center of the Maya civilization ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

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