The Maya pyramid at Kiuic proves surprisingly old, dating to 700 B.C. Artifacts, including a 'fat god' platter, point to rapid abandonment of the ruin around 800 A.D.

A glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar ...

The Maya calendar combines the numbers 1 through 13 with 20 words for animals, plants, or concepts. Those 20 words rotate in a set order; for instance, Deer is always followed by Rabbit, Water ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya pyramid have uncovered royal remains that appear to have been burnt in an apparent "act of desecration", and Newsweek spoke to the lead researcher about ...

Maya archaeologists report discovering a large%2C preserved stucco frieze at the site of Holmul. Outside a tomb%2C the frieze contains images of three men attending the crowning of a new ruler.

The ancient metropolis was the capital of the Maya’s K’anwitznal kingdom, and during Ucanal’s peak, from roughly 630 to 1000, city settlements covered about 10 square miles (26 square ...

Now here was Pérez, a 55-year-old with floppy hair and eyeglasses, wearing a green vest embroidered with Maya hieroglyphs. He surveyed the jungle from atop the newly discovered pyramid.