Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities ...

In a recent study published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica, Dr. Dean Arnold and his colleagues, Joseph Ball, Laure Dussubieux, and Jennifer Tachek, examined 17 samples of Maya Blue from pottery ...

In a recent statement, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) reported the discovery of a lost Maya ...

Deep in the forests of Campeche, Mexico, laser sensors have revealed the outlines of a sprawling ancient Maya settlement that ...

Archaeologists have found an untouched Maya city in Mexico, hidden in the jungle with pyramids and carved monuments intact.

A study finds Classic Maya rulers used deity impersonation to strengthen political authority through warfare, lordship and ...

A cave in Belize contains teeth from dozens of important Maya people buried elsewhere, which may attest to a ritual intended ...

Maya civilization in perspective -- Trajectories of evolution : Maya archaeology and the preclassic Maya -- Maya states before the classic period -- Planting the seed of civilization : the making of ...

Beneath the dense jungle canopy of Mexico’s Campeche region, a sprawling Maya city and thousands of surrounding structures sat undetected for centuries. No expedition on foot found them. No satellite ...

Excavation of a council house at the major Lowland Maya center of Ucanal, Guatemala, reveals how the public gained some influence over Maya politics more than 1,000 years ago. These colonnaded, open ...