The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, pyramids and a unique canal system that could shed further light on the ancient ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, revealing pyramids, murals, and statues.

Cueva de Sangre, or the 'Blood Cave', has proved fascinating for researchers for decades.

Archaeologists made a chilling discovery inside Cueva de Sangre - aka a Mayan ‘Blood Cave’ - in Dos Pilas in Petén, Guatemala ...

Benedict Kim Over the past 50 years, vestiges of religious rituals have turned up in hundreds of caves throughout the land of the ancient Maya, stretching from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula down through ...

Bleuze and Franco hypothesize that the rituals were conducted to appease the Mayan rain god Chaac, a way of ushering in the warm seasons and blessing the community’s crops. The researchers ...

These cultural practices point toward the increasing Teotihuacan ... on again “probably speaks to the complicated feelings (the Maya) had about Teotihuacan,” said co-author Andrew Scherer ...

Today, more than 30 Mayan languages exist and are spoken by at least six million people worldwide. Although some, like Chicomuseltec and Choltí, have disappeared or are close to extinction, others, ...

Hundreds of human bones found in an underground cave in Guatemala suggest a chilling human sacrifice took place there. Cueva de Sangre, or the 'Blood Cave', is located underneath the ...