An archaeological find in Mexico revealed a stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols that, in part, describe the founding of ...

How an American couple are piecing together a lost civilization 07:32. A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who ...

The ancient Maya city, now covered by grass, is notable for its unusual urban grid layout. The site of Nixtun-Ch'ich' located on the southwestern edge of Lake Petén Itzá in Petén Department ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city—Valeriana—with impressive pyramids, a study reports.

Beyond it lie the ruins of an old Maya city, barely a 15-minute walk from the busy roadway but until now unknown to archaeologists, its secrets cloaked over the centuries by unchecked foliage.

On the Ground, a Hidden Maya City. In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of archaeologists has documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient ...

Archaeologists have found thousands of Maya structures and a lost city they named Valeriana in Mexico by using laser mapping technology, according to a new study.

How scientists used lasers to find the Maya city of Ocomtun in Mexico Light-mapping technology is expediting the pace of archaeological discovery in the dense jungles of central Mexico. The latest ...

Already, the so-called city of Ocomtun is causing archaeologists to question what they thought they knew about the ancient Maya — and what kind of lessons the civilization can offer today's ...

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 ...