A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization. “Maya: The Exhibition,” which opened earlier this week and will run through ...

For centuries, the decline of the Maya civilization has remained one of history’s most compelling enigmas. At its height ...

The surprising discovery of a 2,800-year-old monumental structure in Tabasco, Mexico, is shaking our conceptions of Maya civilization and its emergence as a cultural force. Using a technology called ...

The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable ...

When Spanish inquisitors torched the sacred books of the Maya in 1562, they nearly erased one of history's most sophisticated ...

Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave. (Mark ...

As the ancient Mayan civilization slowly collapsed in Central America some thousand years ago, perhaps in the face of a quickly changing environment, its survivors retreated with their most precious ...

The collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization may have been linked to relatively modest dry spells, researchers now say. The ancient Mayan empire once stretched across an area about the size of Texas ...

A Mayan palace dating back more than 1,000 years was discovered by archaeologists in Mexico.The ruins were found in the Kuluba archaeological zone in the Mexican state of Yucatán, about 63 miles west ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The ancient Maya appear to have engaged in extreme violent warfare long before previously thought, with evidence to ...