WASHINGTON – An examination of numerous houses excavated at two sites in southern Belize is providing insight into gaping wealth inequality in ancient Maya cities – a disparity that res… ...

Belize was the home of some of the earliest Maya settlements, and Maya today make up an estimated 11% of the country’s population. Santa Cruz is accessed via a rough, unpaved road that winds ...

The tomb of a Mayan king has been discovered by Texas archaeologists in Caracol, Belize, marking the first time researchers in the ancient city have found a ruler's identifiable resting place ...

A version of this article appears in print on July 13, 2025, Section A, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: Maya Potentate’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize.

BELIZE CITY — A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Maya pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities ...

The presence of the Maya in Belize dates back three millennia, with time-honoured traditions such as pottery and embroidery rooted in rural communities such as San Antonio. Today, Timotea Mesh is ...

(See rare footage of this ancient Maya sacrificial cave in Belize.) In fact, more than 11 percent of Belize’s population are Indigenous Mopan, Yucatec, and Q’eqchi’ Maya people.

Natalie Bourbonnais-Spear, Rosalie Awad, Pedro Maquin, Victor Cal, Pablo Sanchez Vindas, Luis Poveda, John Thor Arnason, Plant Use by the Q'eqchi' Maya of Belize in Ethnopsychiatry and Neurological ...

Native to Belize and Guatemala, the Mopans are one of the 28 subethnic groups of the Maya people. Roughly 10,000 people in Belize identify as Mopan, making up less than 3% of the country’s ...

A member of the local community working with a team of archaeologists excavates the remains of a house at the ancient Maya site of Ix Kuku'il, Belize in May 2017. Amy Thompson / via Reuters ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - An examination of numerous houses excavated at two sites in southern Belize is providing insight into gaping wealth inequality in ancient Maya cities - a disparity ...

Maya ruins in Belize offer peek at ancient wealth inequality By Will Dunham March 24, 20217:45 PM PDTUpdated March 24, 2021 ...