The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like online glossaries and special phone keyboards ...

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

New research using cutting-edge technology has uncovered surprising insights about the Maya civilization’s population.

New lidar research shows the Maya civilization peaked at 16 million people, revealing dense cities and vast rural networks.

From ancient Teotihuacán to modern-day Costa Rica, discover why this vast cultural region was one of humanity's cradles of ...

University of Houston professors Arlen and Diane Chase have been excavating the same site in Belize for nearly 40 years.

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

A monumental discovery in the world of archaeology has unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an ...

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Researchers believe the tomb belongs to Te K’ab Chaak, the founder of the Maya dynasty and leader of Caracol, a city that played a major role in the civilization’s political history.

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ancient city of Caracol ...

The discovery, which dates back around 1,600 years to A.D. 350, marks a significant milestone in the ongoing research at Caracol. The unearthing of this royal tomb is the first of its kind at the site ...