Support of the Mayan Train project collapsed due to intense rain and this caused a vehicle to be crushed. This incident has been compared to the Mexico City Metro Line 12 tragedy in which 26 people ...

An American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest. The data came from laser scans ...

The ruins of Calakmul are among the wonders of the Maya world. Dr. Pablo Mumary shares tips on getting there and what to see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists scanning through jungle terrain stumbled on what could have once been an important Maya location. The team ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lidar-created image showing the site with the ball court where parts of an underground structure were found. | Credit: ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...

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 ...

Excavation of a council house at the major Lowland Maya center of Ucanal, Guatemala, reveals how the public gained some influence over Maya politics more than 1,000 years ago. These colonnaded, open ...

Some 3,000 years ago, the people who would come to be known as the Maya started to build the kind of monumental architecture—pyramids, plazas, and vast urban settlements—that still inspire wonder to ...

Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures — and an entire previously unknown city, a new study has found. By flying aircraft ...

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