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

The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza, also known as El Castillo, stands as a testament to the Mayan civilization's advanced ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

Civ 7 will have 3 Ages to play in, each with separate civilizations, maps, and more. Antiquity Age is the earliest, with 10 ...

A collection of an estimated 6,674 buildings—which include everything from small homes to major temples to courtyards to ...

Archaeologists have long known about ancient urban sites in the Maya Lowlands of southern Mexico. But this discovery was somewhat unexpected. Luke Auld-Thomas, an archaeologist at Tulane University, ...

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

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 ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work helped locate an estimated 6,600 buildings only 15 minutes from a current ...

The city spans an area similar in size to Beijing, signalling its role as a likely political center of the Maya civilization ...