"Archeologists have mapped more Mayan sites, buildings and features in the past 10 years than we had in the past — preceding — 150 years," Brett Houk, an archaeology professor at Texas Tech ...
The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.
works in concert with communities to discuss archaeology, environmental science and art conservation. Xultun refers to an ancient Maya site near San Bartolo, and the region also hosts the earliest ...
The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural ... While few items of clothing and ornamentation have been preserved in the archaeological record, scholars use depictions on painted ...
This article was originally published with the title “ Underwater Archaeology in the Maya Highlands ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 200 No. 3 (March 1959), p. 100 doi:10.1038 ...
Kristin Braswell The Tulum Archaeological site is one of the most visited Mayan archaeological sites along the Riviera Maya. Sitting on a patch of rocky coastline just east of Tulum's downtown ...
If you're on a Mayan history kick ... it sees far fewer crowds than Tulum's archaeological site or Chichén Itzá. The site is spread over 30 square miles, with nearly 50 roads that spool out ...
Climbing the Mayan civilisation’s ancient pyramids is banned, both to respect the structures and from fear of damaging them. But that didn’t stop two tourists from launching themselves to the top like ...