Maya archaeology and landscape studies focus on understanding the ancient Maya civilization through their settlements, social structures, and the environments they inhabited. Recent research in ...

"Archeologists have mapped more Mayan sites, buildings and features in the past 10 years than we had in the past — preceding — 150 years," Brett Houk, an archaeology professor at Texas Tech ...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Maya as you explore key archaeological sites in Mexico and Guatemala, piecing together the fascinating history of this ancient civilisation.

500 years later, Palenque—one of the most visited archaeological sites in Mexico—is a modern wellspring from which researchers have drawn some of the most detailed information about Maya culture.

A peninsula jutting into Guatemala’s Lake Petén Itzá is the site of the ancient Maya city of Nixtun-Ch’ich’. (Courtesy Timothy Pugh/Itza Archaeological Project) For years, archaeologist ...

Kristin Braswell The Tulum Archaeological site is one of the most visited Mayan archaeological sites along the Riviera Maya. Sitting on a patch of rocky coastline just east of Tulum's downtown ...

Frederick Catherwood, English architect, illustrator, and adventurer, accompanied John Lloyd Stephens across Central America to explore and document Maya ruins (1839-1840 and 1841-1842 ... and see the ...

a complex Mayan city settled that built temples, squares, houses and stelae until, suddenly, the same waters that gave it sustenance began to sink it. This is how a submerged archaeological site ...