Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our understanding of ancient Mesoamerican society. Hidden beneath the dense jungle ...

CENTRAL BELIZE – Things have changed since I was last in Belize in 2018, when I excavated the ancestral Maya pilgrimage site Cara Blanca. Thousands of acres of jungle are gone, replaced by fields of ...

Throughout history, clean and potable water has been one of the most prized possessions, without which no human civilization could have ever sustained itself. Not only is water crucial for drinking ...

Age is a rite of passage marked in many cultures through ritual and rite. As one of the most intriguing societies in history, ...

Swimming is universal to all races and cultures. However, in these times, we see very few representatives from the indigenous populations of Africa, the Americas or Oceania competing in aquatic sports ...

Nikki Giovanni weighs in on Black history, fried chicken, Maya Angelou and why she will probably never write about the Capitol Riots. Like most people during the snowstorm that wiped across the nation ...

In the 1840s, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood studied Maya civilization with the best technology the 19th century had to offer: compelling words and captivating artwork captured during a ...

THIS brief history of the Mayas should do much in helping to stimulate interest in the archæology of Central America. Notwithstanding the fact that one British and several American expeditions are now ...

Excavations for the Maya Train revealed a 2,000-year-old limestone sculpture of an elderly man marking a sacred building’s entrance. The Preclassic-era carving once guarded a west-facing ceremonial ...