Archaeologists in southeastern Mexico recently unearthed an ancient crypt dating back more than 1,000 years and made a ...

A rchaeologists have uncovered new stucco reliefs at the ancient Maya city of Dzibanché, providing fresh insights into the Kaanu'l dynasty, also known as the "Snake Kings," who ruled parts of ...

An ancient ruler embodied by the Mayan god of corn in the underworld can be seen on an astonishingly well-preserved stone disk recently extracted from the Temple of the Sun in Mexico.

Some Mayan rulers saw the arrival of the Spanish as an opportunity to settle old tensions and allied with the Europeans to crush their rival cities.

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, scribes ...

Fash writes, “It is believed that on important ceremonial occasions, Maya rulers took on the role of the Hero Twins, and their opponents took on the role of the Lords of the Underworld.

In 735, Ruler 3 from the Maya city known today as Dos Pilas, which lies southwest of Tikal, captured the ruler of Seibal, Yich'ak Balam, and his city, leading to about 60 years of foreign rule.

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya rulers and replaced them with a Teotihuacan puppet government.

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, scribes ...

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, scribes ...

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, scribes ...

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, ...