Burning Man's iconic Mayan Warrior art car burned to the ground in 2023 but returned in 2024 after a nearly $3-million ...

The Maya astrological calendar had 260 days, and it was used to divine individuals' destinies. In the Dresden Codex, there is ...

Maya cities grew when drought and conflict made rural life risky. They declined when nature improved and people chose freedom again.

According to official records, Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites are Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá. The first is a ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico organizes monthly tours to share the country's rich cultural ...

The pigment, discovered by researchers in 1960, was highly sought after in ancient Maya. New research published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica has revealed the origin of the elusive Maya Blue ...

New research led by Tulane University and published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports has uncovered surprising information about the Mayan population. Using LiDAR (Light Detection and ...

In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ascended to the throne as the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in what is today Belize. Archaeologists have learned about him through writings from years ...

A team led by University of Houston archaeologists Arlen Chase and Diane Chase—a married couple about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary—has discovered the fourth-century CE tomb of an ...

Researchers in Belize discovered what may be the tomb of Caracol’s first dynastic leader, Te K’ab Chaak. Previous excavations at Caracol revealed two more burial sites, both dating back to a similar ...

After more than four decades of work on the site, a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists with the University of Houston has uncovered remains of the first royal tomb at Caracol, a sprawling ancient ...