A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

I wonder what those 15th-century monks who slaved away copying the Holy Scriptures by hand thought when they saw the first ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

Novelist Alan Hollinghurst has won the 2025 David Cohen Prize for Literature. Hollinghurst was announced as the winner in recognition of his lifetime’s achievement in writing by chair of judges ...

There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and extraordinary relics left behind. Accessible only by kayak or ...

Archaeologists are taking a fresh stab at deciphering the mysterious symbols of Teotihuacan, an ancient city in central ...

It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

The University of Connecticut offers its students plenty of ways to get involved. Many might do research, some teach and others pursue internships. Or, in the case of Maya Bullied, a ...

Legendary 'SNL' writer Jim Downey on what makes Trump jokes funny, improvising his Jeffrey Epstein bit and acting in 'One ...

Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year.

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