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

A decline in the population density led to the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, they concluded. This was ...

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

The Maya civilization is one of the biggest and most famous of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. For over 3,000 years, the Mayas lived throughout the Maya Region, which consisted of ...

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

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

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...

But, several years later Auld-Thomas had an idea. He would use pre-existing surveys to find out if Maya civilizations could be located in these areas. "Scientists in ecology, forestry and civil ...