Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three Maya cities in the Petén jungle of Guatemala. The cities are about 3 miles (5 kilometers) apart and are arranged like a triangle, Guatemala's ...

Long before the great Classic Maya cities rose from the jungle, a forgotten world of colossal monuments, towering pyramids, and rival chiefdoms was already shaping the foundations of Mesoamerican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists working in Guatemala’s Petén jungle have discovered three ancient Mayan cities, the country’s Ministry of Culture ...

For more than 1,000 years, dense forests in the Mexican state of Campeche concealed the region’s ancient human history. Scientists called Campeche an archaeological “blank spot” in the Maya Lowlands, ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over the course of his career, Professor Marcello Canuto has done plenty of that.

Maya culture never really collapsed. It simply adapted to changing circumstances, writes Dr. Pablo Mumary.

Caracol once thrived in the southern Maya lowlands, rising to political dominance between 560 and 680 AD. It rivaled other major Maya cities, yet by 900 AD, it was abandoned. What made this discovery ...

In her book, anthropology professor Lisa Lucero’s book explores how the Maya survived for thousands of years by building their societies on a foundation of respect for, and integration into, the ...

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The three cities were situated in a triangle just several miles from one another. Archaeologists working in Guatemala’s Petén jungle have discovered three ancient Mayan cities, the country’s Ministry ...