Investigating ice from 1,200 years ago is a discovery that might explain why the Mayan civilisation mysteriously disappeared ...

The Maya civilization is well-known for its elaborate temples, sophisticated writing system, and mathematical and astronomical developments - yet the civilization's origins have remained something of ...

The Maya civilisation has fascinated historians and archaeologists for years. John Lloyd Stephens, an American traveller and archaeologist, is largely regarded as having been the first Western person ...

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The discovery of two huge snake-fanged masks and a cache of jade offer new clues to the sophisticated civilisation of the early Maya. Archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli says the objects, found at a ...

A sculpted stone shaft called stelae is pictured at a newly discovered ancient Maya city Chactun in Yucatan peninsula in 2013 (representational image) Reuters The Ancient Maya civilisation turned into ...

Archaeologists have found the first-ever royal tomb at the ancient Maya site of Xunantunich, in Belize. Two hieroglyphic panels were also uncovered in the central stairway of the structure enclosing ...

In Belize, researchers have uncovered a 4,000-year-old Maya fish-trapping network, comprising channels and ponds designed to capture aquatic food sources. This system, covering 42 square kilometers, ...

The irrigation technology that served the Mayans well during periods of drought may have actually made their society more vulnerable to major catastrophes, new research has revealed. Something really ...

Red and black handprints, possibly belonging to children, have been discovered on the walls of caves from the ancient Maya civilisation in South America. Scroll Staff May 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm Read in ...

A group of divers has connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet, a discovery that could help shed new light on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remains were found in the chultun, a repurposed water cistern which was connected to a small cave - Witold Skrypczak / Alamy Stock ...