Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

This pyramid was built in about 500 AD and has a central staircase adorned with five different 8-foot-tall (2.5 m) masks.

And it definitely was not a one-man job. It stretched 4 feet wide and ran over 30 feet deep into an ancient Maya pyramid in Belize. By some miracle—or perhaps, Indiana Jones’ luck—the thieves passed ...

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The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

Tikal was the ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation, starting out as a small village before blossoming into an important ceremonial centre with the construction of major pyramids and ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, providing further proof of ties between the two pre-Hispanic ...