Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun Uayazba Kab in Belize. Also known as Handprint Cave, Actun Uayazba Kab ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

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Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

Maya Merhige recently completed a 14-hour swim across the 13.67-mile Cook Strait in New Zealand, battling through strong ...

A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of Society for Science & the Public and Publisher of Science News, sat down to chat with Gideon Yu, co-owner and former President of the San Francisco 49ers ...