Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

Civilization 7's Maya Is The Perfect Choice for a Science-Focused Early Game The Maya's Abilities Give Players an Early Lead to a Science Victory Just like every other Antiquity Age Civ ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...

Perhaps the greatest Maya mystery of all is the cause of the civilization’s abrupt decline. The last dated stela erected at Tikal was put up in a.d. 869; the last anywhere in the Maya world ...

More than just revealing lost cities, these findings challenge a long-held belief that the Maya civilization was composed mainly of small, isolated villages. Lidar has instead uncovered a vast ...

especially the ancient Maya, who lived in what is today southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. For decades, information about the vast civilization depended upon arduous expeditions ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.