Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

A sprawling Maya metropolis, hidden for centuries beneath dense tropical canopy, is coming into focus as archaeologists ...

Tucked some 37 miles deep in the jungle, a research team—led by Ivan Ṡprajc, a professor of archaeology from Slovenia who has ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

This Mayan structure rises above the trees in southern Mexico. Built centuries ago, it still holds its shape and mystery.

Dogs were both revered and feared in many Mesoamerican cultures, but today, thousands of dogs live in these areas as strays ...