Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials released a video showing archaeologists digging at the site and recovering a variety of artifacts, as well as animation ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery hidden beneath the dense rainforests of Guatemala is changing what experts know about the ancient Maya civilization. Using advanced laser scanning technology, ...

Why Turkeys Were Worshipped in Ancient Maya Civilization Turkeys hold a special place in modern celebrations, especially ...

The name "White-chested Fox" was found in drawings dating from 400 BC to 900 AD at the San Bartolo-Xultun archaeological site.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Rodrigo Barquera, a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, about a study... Researcher of ancient Mayan human remains uncovers ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient Mayan beekeeping site has been discovered by archaeologists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Maya vases depict dogs walking below a ruler's hammock, which has been interpreted as the dog escorting the ruler's burial ...

Historians and archaeologists know that maize was a central food source and cultural symbol across the ancient Maya world, ...

The new information dramatically recontexualizes what’s known about the ancient civilization. New research led by Tulane University and published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports has ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Mayan people may have preferred to sacrifice boys, a new study has ...