Exploring lost cities is a dream for many adventurers. The mystery of ancient places hidden deep in forests has fascinated ...

After using lasers to map the Maya Lowlands, researchers have updated their estimates of the total Maya population during the ...

MEXICO CITY - Archaeologists in Mexico said Tuesday they have identified a ship that carried Mayan people into virtual slavery in the 1850s, the first time such a ship has been found.

In the dense jungles of Chiapas, Mexico, archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost city of Sac Balam, or the “Land of the ...

With a population of about 25,000 people, Izamal (Mayan for ‘dews from the heavens’) is nicknamed the Yellow City because the walls of every building are painted in that colour.

A study of the genomes of seven people from the Classic Maya period (A.D. 250 to 900) of Copán in what is now western Honduras showed that the population dramatically shrank around 1,200 years ago.

But for the largely Maya inhabitants of the village of Vida y Esperanza – a clutch of about 300 people and 70 houses whose name means “Life and Hope” – the train is going to run right by ...

Mexican archaeologists say they've found a cave at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza with more than 150 ceramic vessels in nearly untouched condition. The scientists were searching for a sacred well ...

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 09, 2018 6:04 AM PDT | Last Updated: August 9, 2018 Mexican archeologists discover 7,000-year-old Mayan remains 7 years ago Duration 1:02 ...

Mexico has questioned the use of cultural elements from the Mayan indigenous community by Chinese fast fashion company Shein in the design of one of its garments, prompting the retailer to remove ...

On May 18, 2025, Jimmy "MrBeast" addressed the controversy surrounding his usage of Mayan temple sites in a YouTube video and subsequent reports claiming that the Mexican government is in the process ...