Rainforests in Central America that have remained largely untouched by modern human activities could bear the invisible ...

The Yucatán Peninsula holds a wealth of archaeological evidence documenting the complex development of the Maya civilization.

The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

A remarkable archaeological discovery hidden beneath the dense rainforests of Guatemala is changing what experts know about ...

Archaeologists uncover ancient stingray spines linked to Maya bloodletting rituals during rescue digs along Mexico's Maya ...

The finding challenges the idea that a mature tropical forest is always a purely "natural" system with no lasting human ...

Editor's Note The earliest confections are said to have been found in ancient Mesopotamian civilization. In other words, snacks have accompanied every ...

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities ...

Copan Ruinas in western Honduras pairs a small highland town with the UNESCO-listed Maya city of Copán, where carved stone ...

A Maya settlement uncovered during construction work in Yucatán is giving archaeologists a closer look at the daily lives of people who lived outside the civilization’s ruling and priestly elites.

In a congratulatory letter to the first UNESCO High-Level Forum on Museums in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in November 2016, Xi described museums as important places for protecting and passing on ...

How Florida’s ancient Calusa kingdom built weapons, mounds, and even islands entirely out of seashells.