In a stretch of land hit with alternating hurricanes and droughts, Maya ancestors scooped out reservoirs and dug drainage systems capable of holding and transporting water. And the more researchers ...

A team of researchers at Austria’s TU Wien suggest that irrigation technology is what led to the demise of the Mayan civilization ... Program on Water Resource Systems, in a statement.

Researchers have found complex irrigation and terracing systems that suggest there was intensive agriculture in the area which could have fed masses of workers. At its peak in the Maya classic ...

The Mayan culture was at its peak from roughly ... The LiDAR scans showed densely packed urban centers, sophisticated irrigation systems and advanced engineering achievements, like highways ...

But research is revealing that the complexity of Maya agricultural systems is likely to have ... began characterizing the remains of elaborate irrigation canals found in wetland areas.

The scans show an extensive network of Maya roads linking towns and defensive fortifications that suggest a society frequently at war. There were also sophisticated irrigation and canal systems.

The Maya dealt with dry conditions by developing elaborate irrigation systems, capturing rainwater, and moving to wetter areas — strategies that helped communities survive waves of drought.

In a major archaeological breakthrough, researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala ... this entire region was a settlement system whose scale and population density ...

Mexican archaeologists have discovered a canal system under the pyramid containing the tomb of a Mayan ruler, suggesting the water tunnel could represent a symbolic path to the underworld.