Researchers unearthed several clay puppets from El Salvador which they hope will give them more insights into the fairly ...

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 ...

Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization?

Sports are an integral part of modern society. Going far beyond entertainment, sports and sports teams, ranging from high ...

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 ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Many believe these skulls were carved thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Others think they may be relics from the legendary island of ...

and pre-Hispanic indigenous tradition as well as Mesoamerican culture, represented by the use of the traditional social organization of collective working, the utilization and adaptation of local ...