Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political ...

Russian Yuri Knorozov cracked the previously undecipherable Maya code, and remarkably, did it long before he ever visited ...

Maya collapse wasn’t driven by drought alone, but by a cascading breakdown of interconnected political, social, and economic ...

Recent discoveries in an archaeological site in Mexico sheds new light into the beginning of the Maya civilization, and how ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Learn what caused a major population crash in the Maya civilization, driving several cities to fall into ruin.

Beyond being a traditional Mexican dish, tamales represent a cultural emblem full of history, unity and tradition.

Exploring ancient ruins is like stepping into a time machine. Some of these ruins make you wonder how in the world they were ...

The jaguar is the only big cat found in North America, but more than 99% of its range is found in Central and South America.

The Akkadians. The Maya. The Tang Dynasty of China. The Chaco. The Indus Civilization. These diverse societies, separated by oceans and continents, each persisted for hundreds of years. They had large ...

The mystery and the challenge of the ancient Maya -- Background : geography, chronology, and theoretical perspective -- The exploration and archaeology of the Maya : a brief history -- Obscure ...