The ruins of Tikal, the Mayan city in Guatemala, were abandoned more than 1,000 years ago and rediscovered by a rubber collector in 1853. Today, scientists may be closer to understanding why its inhabitants abandoned the city, the capital of Read More …
The giant building that the Maya once built in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala is impressive simply because of its dimensions. More material was moved here than when the great pyramid of Giza was built, more than four Read More …
Scientists from around the world will be able to dive virtually into the underwater cave of Hoyo Negro, Mexico, where was discovered Naia, the oldest skeleton of the American continent, that of a girl who lived 13,000 years ago. The Read More …
Thousands of Mayan ruins have been detected in the Guatemalan jungle thanks to Lidar technology, revealing the unsuspected magnitude of interconnections between cities. The discovery is exceptional. Thousands of unknown Mayan structures and buildings, hidden under the canopy for centuries, Read More …
Scientists have determined the real reasons for the demise of the Maya civilization – it is believed that these clarifications will play an important role in future studies of Mesoamerican cultures. The results from the research are published in Global Read More …
A lot of explorers believe that Mayans were in contact with aliens, and several artifacts seemingly back up their hypothesis. The first artifact that comes to mind is a tombstone in an ancient temple in the Mexican city of Palenque. Read More …
For hundreds of years linguists have tried to decode this ancient Mayan script. Now, thanks to a new research conducted by experts in the field, 85 to 90% of the bizarre symbols have been decoded. The final deciphering could be Read More …
There is an underground river, hidden under the main pyramid in Chichen Itza, located in the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico. According to scientists, the center of the Universe for the Maya civilization was considered to be the river under the Kukulkan pyramid. Read More …
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