Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

The Maya civilization is one of the biggest and most famous of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. For over 3,000 ...

The Maya seem to have developed alongside, and traded ideas with, the neighboring Olmec civilization, which some consider one of the most influential societies of ancient times.

The dynasty flourished during the Classic period of Maya culture, from 250 to 900 A.D., when the civilization counted its greatest achievements in architecture, engineering, astronomy and mathematics.

Maya civilization once stretched across a vast territory in Mesoamerica, in what is today southern Mexico and Central America. It was home to thriving cities and thousands of people, but over the ...

The Mayan civilization emerged around 2000 BC and reached its peak between 400 and 900 AD, spanning present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

Originating around 2600 BC, the Maya civilization thrived in Central and South America for nearly 3,000 years, reaching its height between AD 250 to 900. ...

How an American couple are piecing together a lost civilization 07:32. A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who ...

Researchers saw a subsequent decline in population around 750 A.D., “coinciding with the onset of the collapse of Classic Maya civilization,” according to the paper.