The ancient Maya are renowned for their mathematical mastery as calendar creators, pioneering astronomers, and pyramid ...

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Deep within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the state of Campeche, southern Mexico, a major archaeological discovery is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Maya urn featuring a depiction ...

A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak—Caracol’s first known ruler. Buried with elaborate ...

A University of Calgary archaeologist has found evidence that the Classic Period Maya were trading live dogs over long distances between the northern Yucatan peninsula and central Chiapas regions. Dr.

Top Image: Archaeologist Daniel Salazar Lama examines the 2,000-year-old Calakmul mural alongside a reconstruction of the ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a Mayan tomb estimated to be from 350 C.E. deep in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a discovery lead researcher Francisco Estrada-Belli has described as akin to ...

A lost Maya city named Minanbé was found untouched in Mexico's Calakmul jungle in 2026, complete with a 43-foot pyramid, 14 ...

A team led by University of Houston archaeologists Arlen Chase and Diane Chase—a married couple about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary—has discovered the fourth-century CE tomb of an ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient canoe found deep underwater inside a Mexican sinkhole near ...

Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before, which is no small feat considering how thick the forest is in the indigenous group's ancestral lands. "Archeologists ...