Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a mysterious subterranean structure with painted walls hidden beneath a Maya ball court. The team found the building while excavating the ball court, the ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an aerial remote-sensing method have discovered the largest and oldest-known structure built by the ancient Maya civilization - a colossal rectangular elevated ...

Around 1,500 years ago, a powerful volcanic eruption laid waste to what is now El Salvador, sending the Maya civilization into a temporary period of decline. New research suggests a monumental pyramid ...

With the human eye, the area between the Mexican towns of Conhuás and Constitución is empty. The vast landscape, an unpopulated region of Campeche, consists of sprawling lowlands and wetlands dotted ...

This Mayan structure rises above the trees in southern Mexico. Built centuries ago, it still holds its shape and mystery.