The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

The culinary delights of Yucatecan cuisine have their origin in the ingredients and preparation methods of many of its dishes ...

Ancient Maya culture was centered on interconnected city-states that developed great networks of trade and agriculture and ...

Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

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 ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

They brought new diseases and tried to remove all traces of Maya culture. Only a few structures and artefacts remain today. Civilisation A society of people who live in cities and share ways of ...

They also tried hard to remove all traces of Maya culture over the following centuries. Jade Skirt: Many hundreds of years from now, I hope people will still be able to admire the things we Maya ...