An archaeological find in Mexico revealed a stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols that, in part, describe the founding of a town in 569 AD. The slab was located on the floor of what was once a pool ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya pyramid have uncovered royal remains that appear to have been burnt in an apparent "act of desecration", and Newsweek spoke to the lead researcher about the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Researchers in Mexico say they have decoded the hieroglyphic name on the Palenque tomb of ancient Mayan King Pakal, revealing it to read "The House of the Nine Sharpened Spears ...

"Two hundred fifty copies printed for private distribution." "The present reproduction is an absolutely exact photographic facsimile of the original ... The format of the original has been followed ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. The lost city, dubbed ...

Cobá was a major urban center in the Maya world and was occupied from around 350 B.C. to the 14th century. It had a core of elite houses built around four lakes, along with thousands of residential ...

Brandeis MakerLab Maker in Residence Clara Alexander discusses her work on the Glyph Block Project. The Glyph Block Project is based on archaeological materials recovered from the ancient Maya site of ...

Before the Spanish colonised Central America in the 16th century, the ancient Maya were one of the most sophisticated civilisations in the Western Hemisphere. They developed a complex calendar system ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using ...