The Classic Maya Collapse has baffled historians for years leading to a number of theories but thanks to new research one has ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven ...

Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political decline which, according to the scientific literature, coincided with ...

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 ...

The height of the Maya kingdom, which stretched from 250 to 900 AD, included the rise of the Maya Ballgame, sometimes called pitz, and its ball court structures in the center of major cities. The ...

In the wilderness of southern Belize, one man is on a mission to conserve and commemorate the ancient Maya way of life, including its storied cuisine — one garden tour at a time. Native to the Maya ...

Paradise awaits at Iberostar Selection Paraíso Maya Suites, an environmentally friendly and action packed resort in gorgeous Riviera Maya. With summer vacation around the corner, you will want to keep ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The ancient Maya were a group of Mesoamerican Indigenous people who developed one of the most advanced societies in history, which such achievements ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists scanning through jungle terrain stumbled on what could have once been an important Maya location. The team ...