Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. In the heart of Mesoamerica, a civilization flourished with an intellect that rivaled the greatest ...

The vase dates to the Maya Classic period, which lasted from around 250 to 900 C.E. Esteban Moctezuma Barragán A few years ago, Anna Lee Dozier noticed a small ceramic vase in a thrift store in ...

In the heart of Belize, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb that changes what’s known about Maya history. This burial, hidden beneath the ruins of Caracol, belongs to Te K’ab Chaak—the city’s ...

UNDATED (CNN Newsource/WKRC) - The scorched bones of several adults, who were likely members of a royal lineage, were discovered by archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya pyramid. The discovery is ...

A recent archaeological discovery at an ancient Maya city has shed new light on the civilization’s political dynamics, challenging traditional views of gender roles. A 1,400-year-old limestone ...

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 ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ritual ...

A groundbreaking underwater archaeological mission has confirmed the existence of a submerged Maya settlement beneath the waters of Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan highlands, reframing the site from ...

Tikal’s great plaza, at the heart of what was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas, is surrounded by monumental structures: the stepped terraces of the North Acropolis, festooned with ...

Classic Maya emblem glyphs / Peter Mathews -- Prehistoric polities of the Pasion region: hieroglyphic texts and their archaeological settings / Peter Mathews and Gordon R. Willey -- An epigraphic ...