At 81, most travelers might opt for something easy – a guided tour, a familiar destination, a comfortable itinerary. Rosemary Schouten did the opposite. With just a backpack and a working knowledge of ...

The Classic Maya Collapse has baffled historians for years leading to a number of theories but thanks to new research one has ...

FOR DECADES, scholars have argued about what caused the so-called Maya collapse. Several million Maya lived in southeastern Mexico and northern Central America in the early 800s. A hundred years later ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two lost Maya cities recently uncovered by an international team of scientists in Mexico could help decipher the story of the empire’s early capitals to the south that were ...

Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave. (Mark ...

Mayan ruins, hidden cenotes, and flamingos in Mexico combine ancient history, natural landscapes, and wildlife into a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The beating heart of the Mayan civilization—a patchwork of city-states that reached the height of its powers toward the tail end of the first ...

Hundreds of years after its downfall, the Maya empire still holds plenty of secrets. The pre-Columbian civilization started over 4,000 years ago and at its peak sprawled throughout what is now ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered two housing complexes, including a palace-like building, in the roughly 1,500-year-old Maya city of Kabah on the Yucatán Peninsula. The team unearthed the ...

Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn] A ceremony for Maize·Gold·Jaguar: A Grand Exhibition of Ancient Maya and Andean ...