Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more ...

A blood cave in Guatemala has found to be home to scattered remains of human sacrifices rituals. With hundreds of humans ...

Researchers uncovered a second ancient method the Maya used to craft their long-lasting blue pigment, revealing new cultural ...

Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the ...

Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the ancient “milpa” system of the Maya revealed ...

Scientists from the USA and Denmark have discovered Mayan tattooing tools in the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, shedding ...

The civilization of the ancient Maya, who lived in what is now Mexico and Central America ... On the basis of the fragments’ shape and patterns of wear and residue on their surfaces, the authors argue ...

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

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun ...