Believed to be Sac Balam, the last stronghold of rebellious Lacandon Ch’ol Maya, the site sheds light on colonial resistance ...

Chemical evidence from a stalagmite in Mexico has revealed that the Classic Maya civilization’s decline coincided with repeated severe wet-season droughts, including one that lasted 13 years. These ...

New cave research shows how years of failed rainy seasons fueled the Classic Maya collapse, matching climate data with ...

The fictional universe spans novels, games, films, and educational tools. It’s set in a world governed by MAYA—not just a ...

The Maya civilization suffered multiple severe droughts in the final centuries of their society, including one that lasted 13 ...

A stalagmite deep inside a cave in Mexico has revealed just how long and severe droughts were during one of the most ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part of the Yucatan Peninsula from 560 through 680 CE before it was abandoned ...

Archaeologists have found Sak-Bahlán — the long-lost final stronghold of the Lacandón Maya rebels that resisted Spanish ...

An analysis of a stalagmite within a Mexican cave reveals detailed evidence of drought that contributed to the downfall of ...

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained pottery, jadeite jewelry and a rare death mask ...

Like other Maya cities, it had been abandoned by about A.D. 900. The discovery “adds a whole new dimension” to the site, said Melissa Badillo, the director of Belize’s Institute of ...