The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also remembered for other amazing creations, like their spectacular buildings and beautiful objects made from jade, a rare and ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

It begins to help us imagine how people thought about their daily lives, about how they made choices.” The new findings differ from what was found when other ancient Maya regions were examined with ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably ...

How people dress and adorn themselves has long been a primary way of showcasing their identity and communicating it to others. The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural practices and ...

Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

The cave is filled with hundreds of monumental relics from the ancient Mayan civilisation ... is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network ...

As we continue in our quest to care for our planet, our enhanced understanding to how past civilizations reacted to climatic ...