An excavation team at the Birds of Paradise wetland field complex in northwestern Belize has uncovered a Maya site occupied between a.d. 800 and 1500, after Maya urban centers had been abandoned, ...

A newly studied Maya wetland settlement in northwestern Belize reveals preserved wooden architecture and evidence of climate ...

Past civilizations have been significantly affected by climate change, but how they adapted to new conditions centuries ago ...

In this month of March that belongs to women the world over it is good to look at the versatile art practice of Maya Burman ...

Perched at an elevation of 3,620 feet and tucked into a mini forest of dwarfed spruce trees at Saddleback Mountain, an ...

Beneath Guatemala’s jungle, archaeologists uncovered a Maya observatory that reveals just how carefully this civilization watched the sky.

Women have designed some of the world’s most extraordinary buildings, redefining skylines and reshaping the narrative of architecture. Many have earned recognition for their remarkable contributions, ...

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Johns Hopkins University has selected historian David Nirenberg and artist and architect Maya Lin as its first Distinguished Visitors in the Arts and Humanities, launching a new initiative designed to ...

Along Mexico’s Riviera Maya, where turquoise Caribbean waters meet lush mangrove forests and ancient Mayan coastline, Tulum has evolved into one of the world’s most distinctive luxury destinations.

Editor at large Arnie Weissmann recently spent time in Tayasal National Monument, a work-in-progress excavation of a Mayan ...

Just like a human newborn, coral larvae need just the right environment to settle and begin their new life. Understanding the ideal surface geometry for coral settlement and early growth was the ...