Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

For centuries, the decline of the Maya civilization has remained one of history’s most compelling enigmas. At its height during the Classic Period (roughly 250 to 900 CE), the Maya world boasted ...

Pictured is the 31 m tall Pirámide de los Cinco Pisos (pyramid of the five storeys), located in the Great Plaza. Credit: Nick Evans Pictured is the 31 m tall Pirámide de los Cinco Pisos (pyramid of ...

The collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization may have been linked to relatively modest dry spells, researchers now say. The ancient Mayan empire once stretched across an area about the size of Texas ...

Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave. A drought ...

1. New dawn -- 2. The Maya mystique -- 3. Civilization and the Maya -- 4. Mesoamerican civilization and the Maya -- 5. The classic Maya, or what collapsed -- 6. Imagining the collapse -- 7. Explaining ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - For a clue to the possible impact of climate change on modern society, a study suggests a look back at the end of classic Maya civilization, which disintegrated into ...

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Daniel H. James, David Hodell, Ola Kwiecien, and Sebastian Breitenbach (L-R) at the Maya site of Labna in the Puuc region (Yucatán, Mexico), which was most likely abandoned during the Terminal Classic ...