The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, ...

Evidence of a mysterious Mayan city has been uncovered in Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico.

Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

Ancient Maya burials, once thought to show human sacrifice, may instead reflect ancestral ties, according to a theory by Dr.

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

An international team of researchers sequenced the genomes of seven individuals who lived in the ancient Maya city of Copán, ...