New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland population in Central America and calls for a reassessment of those assumptions ...

The discovery of colossal Olmec stone heads revealed the existence of a long forgotten civilization that shaped early Mesoamerica. From these early societies emerged the first Maya cities, massive ...

In 1946 a remarkable discovery deep in the Chiapas jungle revealed vivid Maya murals that transformed our understanding of the civilization. These paintings exposed a complex world of kingship, ...

Past civilizations have been significantly affected by climate change, but how they adapted to new conditions centuries ago ...

Over time, cinnabar washed away from rainfall and seeped into the surrounding soil and water. But while a contaminant like ...

National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient language—and the looters who stood in their way.

It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch. Enrico Fermi, the ...

Tulum has evolved over the past decade—but the barefoot ease that first drew travelers persists.

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Maya Hawke interrupted her honeymoon with her husband Christian Lee Hutson to support her famous grandfather, Bob Thurman, in ...

New research on the ancient Maya city of Ucanal in northern Guatemala reveals that its engineers maintained biologically clean drinking water for nearly 1,500 years, an extraordinary achievement in a ...

For first-time visitors to the heart of Central America, Guatemala can feel like multiple trips in one. Smoke plumes from volcanoes along the Pacific. Lush forests engulf the north. And in the ...