The Maya civilization emerged circa 2000 BCE, and for centuries they ruled over an extensive territory in Central America.

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

Archaeologists discovered three Maya cities in Guatemala, revealing ancestral statues, astronomical complexes, pyramids, and advanced water systems, offering rare insights into Preclassic and Classic ...

Archaeologist have found a Maya complex in northern Guatamala that included astronomical observatories, pyramids, and complex ...

Incredibly, a place in El Salvador survived the near annihilation and still contains well-preserved remnants of an ancient ...

The Maya civilization once stretched across present-day southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. At its peak, it had over 2 million people spread across its empire with ...

He added that the book's scribe was working in "difficult times," as the Maya civilization was on the wane. Nevertheless, this scribe "expressed aspects of weaponry with roots in the pre-classic ...

It's not just a candy conundrum: the question has long interested both biologists and anthropologists who wonder how and why cacao became so important to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations such as ...