The Classic Maya civilization grew to about 40 cities at ... Tattoos depicted animals, spiritual symbols and symbols of the ...

This enabled experts to easily discuss symbols that had yet to ... language was spoken compared to modern Maya and have begun to grasp the lost civilization's traditions by reading the stories ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) reported the discovery of three Maya frescoes during rescue work at the site, which represent important iconographic symbols of the ancient ...

The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court. Laser surveys have ...

This discovery significantly expands the sample size of studied Maya urban centers, providing unprecedented insights into their civilization’s scale and complexity. The finding suggests that the ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work helped locate an estimated 6,600 buildings only 15 minutes from a current ...

But, several years later Auld-Thomas had an idea. He would use pre-existing surveys to find out if Maya civilizations could be located in these areas. "Scientists in ecology, forestry and civil ...

"For the longest time, our sample of the Maya civilization was a couple of hundred square kilometers total," says lead author Luke Auld-Thomas from Northern Arizona University. "That sample was ...