An ancient Maya relief sculpture that was found in a German antique shop and is suspected to have been looted from Mexico was returned to that country on 18 July, by way of the Mexican consulate ...

But dredging of the site’s Sacred Cenote in the early 20th Century revealed the remains of hundreds of victims, and a full-scale stone representation of a huge tzompantli, or skull rack.

The archaeological site contains some of the finest-known examples of Maya architecture and art. The Maya civilization dominated what is now southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the western ...

Dredging of the site’s Sacred Cenote in the early 20th Century identified the remains of hundreds of victims, and a full-scale stone representation of a huge tzompantli, or skull rack.

Getty ImagesA view of the Pyramid of the Magician in Yucatan, Mexico. Hundreds of Mayan artifacts have been found underwater in a Guatemalan lake, according to the Daily Mail. Among the trove of ...

A relief in NOMA’s permanent collection, known by scholars as the “New Orleans Panel” represents the investiture of El Cayo’s principal authority known as sahal.

The temple-pyramid is in Moral-Reforma, an ancient Mayan settlement, according to experts. INAH Archaeologists recently unearthed a massive burial site hidden beneath a towering temple-pyramid in ...

In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining in power and sophistication. Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that ...

The temple-pyramid is in Moral-Reforma, an ancient Mayan settlement, according to experts. INAH Archaeologists recently unearthed a massive burial site hidden beneath a towering temple-pyramid in ...