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

In 2018 researchers detected over 60,000 previously unknown Maya structures in Guatemala, including pyramids, houses and defensive fortifications. They used lidar (short for "light detection and ...

Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala ... reservoirs, pyramids and ball courts. El Mirador has long been considered the “cradle of the Maya civilization,” but ...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, and Guatemala's President Alejandro ... climbed one of the Mayans’ most important pyramids: Temple II, also called Temple of the Masks. With incense, a ...

The researchers also found evidence of large platforms and pyramids in some ... Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala: an introduction to new perspectives on regional early Maya socioeconomic and ...

While conducting an aerial survey of northern Guatemala, researchers detected a sprawling Maya site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP ... climbed one of the Mayans’ most important pyramids: Temple II, also called Temple of the Masks. With incense, a Mayan invocation ceremony, a Mayan ball game and ...