For the ancient Maya, the vibrant red mineral cinnabar held deep sacred meaning, representing blood, life and the soul.

In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning signaled a ...

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Guided by a local ranger in the Campeche jungle just north of Calakmul, Luke Caverns documents an unexcavated Maya settlement containing at least 15 pyramids, plazas, house mounds, and an ancient ...

High in the Quintana Roo jungle, the upper chambers of a Maya pyramid at Dzibanche offer a closer look at how an ancient ...

"Visit soon, or you won't be able to climb up," Juan Bautista says of the Cobá archeological site. “It’s one of the few Mayan ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

Built from the bones of fallen pyramids, Ake’s homes reveal how the Maya turned ruin into revival.

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