A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about their daily lives, religions, and habits, many "disappearances" remain ...

The site itself was originally a main hub of Mayan civilization and has since been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The focal point of the ruins is the pyramid-like El Castillo that was once ...

Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the ...

Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun ...

Tulum was a sleepy town on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with deep connections to its Mayan roots. Even when American beach bums ...

With this discovery, the theory that the Mayan civilizations were isolated is called into question. These urban settlements, connected to each other, make it possible to see that the Mayan people ...

A federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

Those looking to venture off-property can also learn more about the rich history and culture of the Mayan civilization with day trips to ancient Mayan sites of Chichén Itzá, Tulum, or Coba.

Museo Maya de Cancún houses archeological pieces from significant historic sites across Mexico. Within its exhibit halls, the museum displays a range of archeological artifacts, many of which ...