Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by ...

In the summer of 2020, an international team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist reported the discovery of the largest monumental ...

The Ancient Maya may have had large libraries and an advanced writing system, but very little remains today. Indeed, only ...

Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her name before they ...

On July 11, 1999, the Yucatan Peninsula was plunged into darkness as the moon passed momentarily between the sun and the ...

New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...

K’awiil is the name of a Mayan deity associated with divine lightning and royalty. Associating the god with Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ...

The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...

A new study revealed how the ancient Maya used lunar and solar calendars to predict eclipses with remarkable accuracy.

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

Last year, a series of ancient hieroglyphs were discovered in the jungle of Mexico. Now, they have been decoded, revealing the identity of a previously unknown Mayan ruler. INAH Ancient hieroglyphics ...