Every little piece we can obtain from the excavations is fundamental, like a piece of the larger puzzle we are putting ...

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries and a unique canal system that could shed more light on the civilization.

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and at Abu Ghurob in Egypt—technologies that may predate known historical timelines. The series also delves into the possibility of cultural connections between the Maya and ancient Egyptians ...

The textbook timeline of the Maya civilization goes like this ... that can see through dense jungle and reveal the locations of ancient towns and cities. Next, they surveyed 30 percent of this ...

built just before the Maya civilization rose to prominence. Harrison-Buck and her fellow archeologists used drones and Google Earth data to map 108 kilometers of ancient channels that zigzag ...

The Maya built one of the most powerful empires in the world. The ancient Maya civilization conquered the territories of Belize, Guatemala, southeastern Mexico, and some regions of Honduras and El ...

Under lush rainforest canopies in Central America lies evidence of the sophisticated Ancient Maya civilization. Nestled among impressive pyramids and temples, the ancient Maya were expert geo ...

Rather, it was an absolutely thriving, interconnected, and complex civilization with millions of people. In another use, back in 2009, archaeologists used lidar to survey Caracol, an ancient Maya ...

Chichén Itzá was one of the most important cities in ancient Maya civilization, especially between ad 800 and 1000, when other regions were in decline. Ritual child sacrifice seems to have been ...