Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...
Interested in learning Mayan mythology? Let's dive into the fascinating mythology of the Mayan gods and goddesses, and their ...
A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...
For nearly half a century, Dr. Anabel Ford — archaeologist, research scientist, and director of UC Santa Barbara’s MesoAmerican Research Center — has dedicated her working life to questioning ...
For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation. Based on the ...
In this program, Burt travels through Guatemala looking at the history of the Mayan people who have lived there for over 5,000 years. We meet the god of drinking and smoking who hides out with ...
(a) Location of the Maya region in the Americas. (b) Geographical locations of Chichén Itzá and Tixcacaltuyub in the Yucatan Peninsula. (c) Stratigraphy for the chultún and the adjacent cave in which ...
(CNN) — The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three Maya cities in the Petén jungle of Guatemala.