A monumental discovery in the world of archaeology has unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an ...

University of Houston experts conducting excavations at Caracol in Belize found the tomb, which revealed burial artifacts and ancient remains.

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

Texas archaeologist couple Arlen and Diane Chase uncovered the 4th-century tomb of Te' K'ab Chaak, the earliest ruler of ...

Excavations undertaken during 1978 and 1979 at Nohmul, Belize are believed to cast new light on the demise of the Maya. Investigations revealed Terminal Classic-San Jose V material intermixed with ...

Members of Belize’s roughly 40,000-storng Mayan community will prepare the meal, ... which has attracted less attention for its Maya sites than, say, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala ...

The ancient Mayan civilization collapsed due to a century-long drought, new research suggests. Minerals taken from Belize's famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons ...

There are about ten languages spoken in Belize, including Creole, Spanish, as well as Mayan languages such as Q'eqchi' Maya and Yucatec Mayan. There’s even an African-based language called Garifuna.

Minerals taken from Belize's famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons nearby, ... The Maya civilization flourished in the Yucatan peninsula from 300 to 700.

Dean appeared to be bearing down on the Yucatan's most vulnerable population — the Mayan people — many of whom have seen little of the riches from oil or tourism, and still live in traditional ...

Belize’s “blue hole,” an exquisite sinkhole famous for its pristine diving, offers clues into the decline of ancient Mayan cities that has fascinated archeologists for so long. André Droxler, a marine ...

WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan Peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery ...