(CNN) — With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser ...

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 ...

The anthropologist claims that the rulers carved on the 1,300-year-old Altar Q are not just striking royal portraits. The way their hands are posed may represent a hidden “sign language” that encodes ...

LOS ANGELES -- 250 ancient artifacts from the Mayan Civilization are on display in the US for the first time at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. "The Mayans have lived in Southern Mexico, ...

Over the past decade, the Mayan calendar has been subjected to close examination and intense debate. Could an ancient ...

Being born a twin was bad news if you happened to live in ancient Mayan times, as the iconic civilization apparently had a thing for sacrificing relatives, including identical siblings – and ...

With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser technology has ...