Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, ...

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

During at least part of the Classic Maya era — around 250 to 900 A.D ... Dr. Martin called the region an “empty zone” on archaeologists’ maps. Dr. Sprajc, 67, said the expedition ...

In 2009, archaeologists Diane and Arlen Chase of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, pioneered the use of lidar to map a Mayan city, revolutionizing the way ancient civilizations are detected and ...

(See our interactive Maya map.) Photograph by David Coventry, National Geographic/Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Gobierno de Guatemala In its heyday, Xultún was a major metropolitan center and ...

It is the latest discovery of roughly 3,000-year-old Maya centers and related infrastructure ... allowing researchers to peel away vegetation and map ancient structures below.