LiDAR Reveals How Ancient Maya Households May Have Managed Rainwater
Ancient Maya families in the northern Yucatán Peninsula may have positioned their homes to take advantage of natural slopes, allowing rainfall to flow toward open…
Maya archaeology
Early Maya Ritual Platform and Deer Offerings Discovered in Yaxché de Peón, Mexico
Archaeologists working in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a previously unknown ritual platform linked to early Maya ceremonial life, along with animal offerings and symbolic…
Archaeologists Uncover a One-of-a-Kind Maya Game Board Built Into the Architecture Itself
Deep beneath a modest mound in the ancient Maya capital of Naachtun, archaeologists have uncovered a discovery that challenges long-held assumptions about how the Maya…
Ancient Maya Monument Reveals a Cosmic Map of the Universe, Study Suggests
Archaeologists say a 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex in southeastern Mexico may have been designed as a cosmogram—a vast representation of how early Maya communities perceived the…