More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

By leaving the debris in a thick layer over the garden (about four inches), it suffocates any invasive or unwanted plants underneath. The seeds can then be planted directly into the new, nutritious ...

The migration of indigenous peoples from Mexico and Central America has led to a remarkable spread of Mayan languages across ...

China has added three new sites to the United Nations' list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, bringing the ...

A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By ...

It was approximately 66 million years ago that an asteroid hit Earth. The asteroid landed close to the present-day Yucatán ...

Deep within Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, archaeologists have identified ritual dismemberment as a core element of ancient ...

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

One of the oldest civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mokaya were skilled artists, farmers, traders and even sportsmen.