Archaeologists in southeastern Mexico recently unearthed an ancient crypt dating back more than 1,000 years and made a ...

Some Maya rulers may have been incinerated and their ashes mixed with rubber to make the balls used in the game of pelota, an archaeologist says.

Early Maya cities featured monumental complexes, which centered on a shared form of religion but these complexes transformed radically once kingship emerged in 400 B.C. To solidify their power ...

Those rulers went on to achieve peak power roughly between the years 550 and 800. Royal art and writing at Tamarindito and other Classic Maya sites misleadingly suggest that kings wielded absolute ...

Maya people cremated their rulers and used the ashes to help make rubber balls that were used in ballgames, an archaeologist has claimed. The researcher and his team believe they've found evidence ...

Early Maya cities featured monumental complexes, which centered on a shared form of religion but these complexes transformed radically once kingship emerged in 400 B.C. To solidify their power ...

Humans Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty. In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – possibly evidence of a fiery ...

As the Maya civilization began to crumble during the 9th century CE, a corner of the realm became embroiled in a dramatic revolution. Astonishing evidence for this political upheaval has now been ...

UXMAL, Mexico — The iguana clings to the temple wall. It is a spare building, called the House of Turtles, and its only resident is the iguana. The temple obeys the Greek architectural strict… ...

Early Maya cities featured monumental complexes, which centered on a shared form of religion but these complexes transformed radically once kingship emerged in 400 B.C. To solidify their power, rulers ...

Two Tulane University archaeologists have accomplished what might seem impossible: They found something timely at a 1,500-year-old Maya ruin. It happened in mid-April, when Jocelyne Ponce and ...