For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven ...

The story of the present-day Maya people - their society, culture & dreams for the future. This is the story of the present-day Maya people of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula—their society, culture, and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

The discovery, made in Quintana Roo of the Yucatan Peninsula, highlights the significance of beekeeping in Mayan culture. Archaeologists also found that these activities were more widespread than they ...

Interested in learning Mayan mythology? Let's dive into the fascinating mythology of the Mayan gods and goddesses, and their ...

Archeologist objects; story goes viral. Jan. 5, 2012 — -- The textbooks will tell you that the Mayan people thrived in Central America from about 250 to 900 A.D., building magnificent temples in ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...