The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

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

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, revealing pyramids, murals, and statues.

Researchers at Chichen Itza, a massive Mayan city founded over 1,400 years ago on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, have discovered a new secret passage that may be connected to an underground cave ...

The landscape of the ancient Maya is stippled with ruins whose names are unknown to ... a legendary flood and a fantastical water serpent described in poetic couplets as “shiny sky, shiny ...

They are both prehispanic feathered serpent deities ... but none more impressive than Piramide Kinich Kakmo Ruins — named ...

An American tourist visiting ancient Mayan ruins deep in the rainforests of Guatemala suddenly vanished without a trace — sparking a massive search mission and baffling authorities. Raymond ...

Some 800 years ago, a Mayan ... shows the ruins of the large, stone circular structure in a wooded area. El Tigre was known as Itzamkanac, which means “the place of the lizard or serpent ...

Multiple ancient Mayan ruins in Mexico are inaccessible due to cartel violence in a blow to tourism in the country’s southern state. Mexico’s government admitted that tourists can no longer ...

Mexico and Central America are rich in Mayan ruins. Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before, which is no small feat considering how thick the forest is in ...

Thick forest around unexcavated Mayan ruins makes them difficult to spot, but improving satellite technology is filling in the gap. . | Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via ...