ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, the first known ruler of Caracol, an ancient Maya city in present-day Belize.

The Maya civilization, known for its remarkable achievements in art, architecture, astronomy, and mathematics, flourished between 250 and 900 AD, extending its influence across present-day ...

A relief in NOMA’s permanent collection, known by scholars as the “New Orleans Panel” represents the investiture of El Cayo’s principal authority known as sahal.

Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in ...

Rebuilding the forest gardens and keeping up the ancient practices, Ford says, is a way of “honoring” the Maya culture. This extends to how many ancient sites are cleared away for tourists, exposing ...

The exhibit ‘Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art’ showcases rarely-seen works through Sept. 3. Moving an ancient stone artifact that towers over 10 feet tall and weighs about 9,000 pounds ...

Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water crisis, a new study has found. The Maya civilization dates back almost 4,000 years and spanned what is now Belize, Guatemala ...

This book explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers a reexamination of the mid-16th-century “Popol Vuh,” long considered an authoritative text, which is better ...

Art Images via Getty Images ... Chili peppers, meanwhile, were used by the ancient Maya to treat a variety of illnesses—thus, such ceremonial offerings may have been intended to ward off disease.

Pilsen museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection A Chicago family purchased the artifact, a limestone frieze that was most likely once part of an ancient ...

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to ...