An international team of archaeologists announced the discovery of a nearly 3,000-year-old ancient Maya city in a northeastern area of Guatemala known for its tropical forests and ruins.

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá, in the sparse shade of a tropical tree, a voice ricochets wildly up the mouth of a well. “¡Lo vi! ¡Lo vi!” ...

Maya Jama and Ruben Dias appeared totally smitten on their Italian getaway (Picture: Cobra Team/Backgrid) Maya Jama and boyfriend Ruben Dias are continuing to pack on the PDA as their new romance ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...