It’s one of the most graphic examples of ancient geopolitical strife ... taken over Ucanal (and probably several other Maya kingdoms) was a military strongman called Papmalil (a non-Maya name ...

In the ancient Maya kingdom of K’anwitznal ... Scholars have already established that around the time of this fire, the Maya military leader Papmalil was ascending into power.

The cave is filled with hundreds of monumental relics from the ancient Mayan civilisation. A group of divers have connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to ...