Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

After sheltering jeweled royals for centuries, the oldest known tomb in Mesoamerica—ancient Central America and Mexico, roughly speaking—has been uncovered, archaeologists announced Tuesday.

At Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, three giant pyramids rise above the ancient city’s main street, the Avenue of the Dead. The smallest of these is the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, which sits ...

According to the researchers, a third pyramid was found within the Kukulkan pyramid in Mexico. The construction is approximately 33 feet, and it was found between other two structures that were ...

Francisco Estrada-Belli's latest archaeological foray had all the hallmarks of an Indiana Jones adventure: A mysterious coffin. An encounter with the Snake Kingdom of the Maya. A tunnel dug by looters ...

Whenever I go south to Mexico, I marvel at the monumental stone structures, which reach toward heaven, that were left behind by the Maya. When I went to Egypt, I stood at the base of pyramids that ...