Archaeologists uncover a massive Maya monument in Mexico, challenging long-held beliefs about ancient power and early ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

At a sprawling ceremonial complex in southern Mexico, archaeologists say they have identified a 3,000‑year‑old layout that appears to encode a vision of the universe in earth and stone. The site, ...

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Archaeologists working in southeastern Mexico unearthed further signs that a monument first recorded in 2020 is one of the region's most significant ceremonial sites known today.

The site's name, Patlachique, may derive from patla-achiuhcan, meaning "the place where exchanges are made to produce water," based on analysis of the glyph in the 16th-century Codex Vergara. This ...

Scholars have long known the Classic Maya (300-900 C.E.) were astronomers. Their pyramids at sites like Tikal and Chichen Itza were precisely aligned with solstices, equinoxes, and planetary cycles, ...

From Desierto de Los Leones to Revillagigedo Islands, uncover the stunning national parks of Mexico and their UNESCO ...

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Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

Two Hong Kong men jailed for more than 16 years over a conspiracy to carry out bomb plot attacks have applied to appeal against their conviction and sentence. Lee Ka-pan and Cheung Ka-chun submitted ...