“Welcome to the city of Caracol,” Fernando says grandly, as we walk into a grassy plaza ... of Belize’s population of 405,000 consider themselves Latino or Creole, the Indigenous Maya ...

The Great Plaza, once a gathering place for rituals ... Caracol, the largest known Maya site in Belize, was a powerful city ...

This is the airport of Punta Gorda, the southernmost town in Belize, population 5,000. It’s remote, but it’s a bustling metropolis compared with Santa Cruz, a Maya settlement that lies a 50 ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.

There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and extraordinary relics left behind. Accessible only by kayak ...

In Belize's ATM Cave, details of ancient Maya religious sacrifices come into focus as new research creates a picture of how rituals were used to re-enact the Maya creation story. In the eerie red ...

More information: W.James Stemp et al, Two ancient Maya tattooing tools from Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.

In central Belize, the Maya Forest Corridor, a narrow section of forested land, is key for wildlife movements across Belize, conservationists say. A land acquisition by the Maya Forest Corridor ...

Ancient hieroglyphics painted in a stairway near a Maya ambassador's burial tell the tale of his elite but tumultuous life nearly 1,300 years ago, a new study finds. The ambassador, a man named ...

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 ...

After a trip to Belize, he got the itch to build something ... they’ll start welcoming guests to Prana Maya, a secluded, wellness-focused retreat that enjoys expansive views of the Caribbean ...