If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans ... the architects of ...

The ancestors of the Ancient Maya used an ingenious method of food collection that enabled their population to grow.

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán ... Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around ...

New Computer Model Reveals How Bronze Age Scandinavians Could Have Crossed the Sea Apr. 2, 2025 — People ... Globally Important Food Crop Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have tested ancient DNA ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a ... “This is a story of empire – how important kingdoms reached out to control others,” he said. “This new find lends ...

However, Conyers said there may be smaller structures like shafts and chambers, and highlighted that the site would have been "special to ancient people". He explained that the Mayans "often built ...