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 ...

Hundreds of years after its downfall, the Maya empire still holds plenty of secrets. The pre-Columbian civilization started over 4,000 years ago and at its peak sprawled throughout what is now ...

“Mayan calendar specialists anticipated solar eclipses by correlating their occurrences with dates in their 260-day ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

NMAI copy 39088007823347 has bookplate: In honor of Suzanne Ripley. AIMMRC copy 39088014427520 is a gift of Jane Safer. I. Prologue: Some problems posed ; Geography and environment ; Language and ...

The Ancient Maya civilisation is celebrated not only for its remarkable achievements in art, architecture and astronomy but also for its sophisticated engagement with complex tropical environments.

ROCK HILL — Winthrop University is offering an opportunity to talk with a modern-day explorer and his mission to find a lost Mayan empire colony. On February 8, the university is hosting a viewing of ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already know ...

Part 1. Prologue. Some problems posed -- Geography and environment -- Language and population -- Physical appearance and psychological traits -- Search and research -- Dating Maya history and the ...

(CN) — For over a century, scholars have puzzled over the eclipse table in the Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving texts from the ancient Mayan civilization. Now, researchers John Justeson from ...