A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained ...

Tough and tiny zircon crystals have helped researchers rule out an enormous volcanic blast as the source of ash used to make Maya pottery, deepening this long-running archaeological mystery ...

Working 10 to 12 hours a day, the Valdezes, with help from Juan's brother Esau, chiseled three pieces of concrete into a replica of an ancient sculpture from the Mayan ruins in Copán, Honduras.

Anthropologists and other scientists have used ultra-modern chemical analysis technology to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the ancient culture. They discovered the first ...

After being buried up to 2,000 years, then smuggled hundreds of miles in suitcases and hidden in a World Trade Center vault, a collection of stolen Mayan pottery is finally heading home. United ...

Volcanic VIPs Potters at Maya cities on the Caribbean side of Central America fused volcanic ash with local limestone to form household and ceremonial pottery, because the ash made their ceramics ...