Maya cities grew when drought and conflict made rural life risky. They declined when nature improved and people chose freedom again.

It’s a blast from the long-ago past. Archaeologists unearthed a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city in Guatemala — complete with pyramids and mysterious monuments — that reveals new traces of the ancient ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Anti-Spanish Mayan rebels fled to Sak-Bahlán—considered the last city of the Lacandon people—centuries ago. Archaeologists believe they discovered ...