I've been living in Mexico recently where I've learned to speak the Yucatec Maya language, the indigenous language of the ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

The ancient Mayas also invented groundbreaking ... called Ch’orti’) shares many similarities with the traditional Mayan language. Image caption, In the seventh century, this village was ...

Along with other children, I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices. I ran my hands along the walls, imagining that if I pressed a stone ...

had acted as a sacred sundial and timekeeper for the ancient Maya on the two days of the year, May 23 and July 19, when the sun reaches its zenith. At that moment it is vertically overhead ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered ... which it has named Ocomtun – meaning “stone column” in the Yucatec Maya language – would have been an important centre ...

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(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...