This is Part 5 in a series of articles on the history of the Maya. Follow the links to read Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4 ...

New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as ...

(CNN) — With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser ...

The Cranbrook Institute of Science is taking visitors back in time for an immersive adventure through Mesoamerican culture. Its latest traveling exhibit, “Mystery of the Mayan Medallion,” blends ...

This photo released by the Guatemalan government shows two anthropomorphic sculptures that "represent an ancestral couple." - Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory ...

I have a memory of going to see Carrie, second run, at the Mayan Theatre in the late ’70s. I think it was a fifty-cent movie night, and I remember sitting there with the salt of the earth in the steep ...

While Mel Gibson’s thrilling film “Apocalypto” attempted to depict a clear image of Mayan culture, it didn’t. There are in reality extensive gaps in our understanding of this civilization. In a recent ...

A trio of ancient reservoirs in present-day Guatemala is revealing both the strength—and limitations—of Mayan water science.

The modern study of Maya civilization owes much to Uaxactun in northern Guatemala. It was there in 1916 that Sylvanus Morley, an American archaeologist and erstwhile spy, rediscovered a ruined city ...

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