A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

In a speech delivered at the Peruvian Congress on Nov 21, 2016, Xi expressed his admiration for the Inca civilization, ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work ...

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

Tulane researchers uncovered over 6,500 Maya structures in Mexico using lidar, revealing a complex settlement landscape and challenging previous assumptions about the Maya civilization’s urban and ...

“For the longest time,” Auld-Thomas said, “our sample of the Maya civilization was a couple of hundred square kilometers total. That sample was hard won by archaeologists who painstakingly ...

For example, Maya city-states were known for producing unique crafts like pottery, textiles, jade carvings and obsidian tools that were traded regionally. You can’t escape taxes, even in the Ancient ...