Dark chocolate (70%+ cocoa) significantly reduces depression symptoms in clinical studies. Theobromine in chocolate modulates ...

Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the ...

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.

The altar—and the wealthy household behind the courtyard it once adorned—stands just a few blocks from the center of Tikal, one of the most powerful cities of Maya civilization. But the altar ...

The Maya civilization emerged circa 2000 BCE, and for centuries they ruled over an extensive territory in Central America.

The Maya civilization thrived at Tikal and in other cities until it declined after about A.D. 900, for reasons that are much debated. Before that, Teotihuacan had also declined, from about the ...

The 'Stranger Things' star made her relationship with Christian Lee Hutson red carpet official on April 14 BrosNYC/BACKGRID Maya Hawke may soon be getting married! The Stranger Things star ...

With this discovery, the theory that the Mayan civilizations were isolated is called into question. These urban settlements, connected to each other, make it possible to see that the Mayan people ...

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