The fall of the ancient Maya civilisation came gradually — as did the disappearance of its centres of power, each one slowly reclaimed by the creeping jungle. Mighty cities were lost for centuries, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a unique mosaic-style board game in the ancient Mayan city of Naachtun, ...

Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary network of Preclassic Maya multi-tiered cities, towns, and villages that date back to 1,000 BCE in Guatemala. The findings indicate a previously unknown ...

It’s a blast from the long-ago past. Archaeologists unearthed a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city in Guatemala — complete with pyramids and mysterious monuments — that reveals new traces of the ancient ...

A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, providing further proof of ties between the two pre-Hispanic ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei toured the archaeological site of Tikal on Saturday during a trip by Tsai that aims to shore up ...

The Met spent eight months restoring the dolomite throne. Now, in an open letter, members of the Indigenous community are questioning the government's decision to extend the loan for an exhibition.

The design for the proposed Maya Museum in Guatemala (via Harry Gugger Studio website) “We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos,” Maya human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú said in ...

Two Americans have been arrested in Guatemala allegedly with dozens of pre-Hispanic Mayan artifacts, the prosecutor's office said Monday. The pair, a man and a woman, were arrested in a car on Sunday ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Indigenous community of San José Poaquil is using technology to monitor the health and integrity of their ancestral forest. As a result of an ...