Deep inside the forested region of Campeche, researchers studying laser-based LiDAR data noticed shapes that did not match the surrounding natural land. The scans showed clean edges, elevated ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

Deep within the northern Peten rainforest, massive ancient Maya pyramids remain entirely obscured beneath an aggressive jungle canopy that shields thousands of unexcavated ruins. Calakmul contains an ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have uncovered over 6,500 previously unknown Maya structures, including a hidden city with grand pyramids, within ...

In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning signaled a ...

The core of the Valeriana site contained a ballcourt and an architectural arrangement that indicated a construction date before 150 C.E. Antiquity While examining old surveys of forests in Mexico, ...

Chichen Itza, near Valladolid in Mexico’s Yucatán, is a former Maya city where pyramids, palaces and observatories turn astronomy into architecture and ritual.

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