Gerardo Aldana is a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. Our Living Lands producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to ...

A new exhibit exploring the ancient Mayan civilization has opened at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, showcasing hundreds of artifacts from the Classic Period (around 250-1000 AD).

Interested in learning Mayan mythology? Let's dive into the fascinating mythology of the Mayan gods and goddesses, and their ...

Hidden in the jungle like a secret treasure, a colossal Mayan city has just been discovered by archaeologists. This ancient ...

National Geographic Explorer David Stuart has been critical to unraveling the mysteries of the Maya. In our latest Ask an ...

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Past civilizations have been significantly affected by climate change, but how they adapted to new conditions centuries ago is less clear. In research newly published in the Proceedings of the ...

Drawing upon 25 years of research, Andrew Scherer, professor of anthropology and archaeology and the ancient world and director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, ...

A cube-shaped skull that was discovered in Mexico provides rare insight into a 1,400-year-old Mesoamerican civilization’s social practices — which included deliberate deformation. The skull belonged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. The Maya civilization, known for its intricate calendar systems, monumental pyramids, and advanced ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 12 th century C.E. codex from Maya culture accurately predicts solar eclipses. The eclipse table in the Dresden Codex was a lunar calendar that ...

When the Sun disappeared and the skies of the ancient world darkened without warning, many civilizations throughout time have turned to myth for answers. However, in the jungles of Mesoamerica, Mayan ...