Archaeologists uncover a massive Maya monument in Mexico, challenging long-held beliefs about ancient power and early ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a previously unknown structural complex next to the ancient Maya city of Tikal. But this district didn’t belong to the Maya, as it seems a foreign power was ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a finding that could help researchers discern the nature of the city's ...

TIKAL NATIONAL PARK, Guatemala — This spectacular Mayan ruin nestled in northern Guatemala’s dense tropical jungle is about as far from civilization as you can get, but the wake-up calls are every bit ...

New research suggests mercury and toxic algae poisoned the settlement’s reservoirs Alex Fox Correspondent The Maya city of Tikal thrived for hundreds of years but was abandoned in the ninth century ...

Scholars have long known the Classic Maya (300-900 C.E.) were astronomers. Their pyramids at sites like Tikal and Chichen ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala believe they have discovered a hidden 'embassy' in the legendary Mayan city of Tikal. The compound includes a pyramid, burial site and various items indicative of ...

Tikal, in the north of Guatemala in Central America, is a relatively newly discovered wonder of the ancient world, 90 per cent of which still remains to be revealed. Tikal is to Guatemala what the ...