Archaeologists led by Ivan Šprajc identified a network of ancient Maya marketplaces in the jungles of southeastern Mexico, especially in Campeche. Airborne LiDAR scans revealed about 50 complexes with ...

The Maya civilisation is known for its art and architecture. But we’re discovering Maya astronomy was even more advanced than ...

A series of unusual architectural formations emerging from the dense forests of the Yucatán Peninsula is reshaping how archaeologists understand ancient Maya commerce. These structures, arranged in ...

Skeletons unearthed from the ruins of the ancient city of Copán in Honduras have yielded clues to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. Copán, now a Unesco World Heritage site, thrived during the ...

Archaeologists uncovered how Hunacti's Maya town residents secretly preserved ancient rituals inside a colonial church while ...

A study of ancient Maya markets finds planned trade spaces across the Maya Lowlands, pointing to a structured economy beyond ...

Deep in the jungles of Mexico lies Calakmul, once one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya world. Often overshadowed by its rival Tikal, this vast city played a key role in Maya politics ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

Lamanai is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in the ancient Maya world, lasting from early preclassic times into the colonial period. But what made it different from other Maya cities ...

Until recently, Mayan script was indecipherable. David Stuart was one of the few who helped to crack it.