When most people think of ancient Maya civilization, they imagine godlike kings building towering pyramids and reveling in bloody human sacrifice. But commoners also played a significant role in the ...

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 ...

A civilization dries up By the time of Tikal's decline sometime around 900, Maya civilization and culture had been developing for at least 1,000 years and the empire had amassed an estimated ...

Using lidar, a remote sensing method that utilizes airborne lasers, the researchers were able to create a nearly complete picture of ancient ... “The Maya are often viewed as a cautionary tale about ...

The mysterious collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization has been attributed ... presenting scientists with a geological timeline to examine. “It’s like a big bucket. It’s a sediment ...

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...