They all showed off their talents at this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The theme: How youth keep cultural traditions ...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is about to form a new third party after announcing his plan on the social media platform X, which he owns. It is registered with the Federal Election Commission ...

Arlen and Diane Chase unearthed the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first king of the ancient Maya city of Caracol, located in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of Caracol’s first Maya ruler in Belize.

Why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? It turns out the answer is a really simple one, as our expert historian explains.

Blue Hands Collective, a collaborative of fiber artists and indigo enthusiasts, holds events, lectures and classes around the ...

Mesoamerican cultures shaped the history of Central America through remarkable achievements in architecture, science, and society. Among the most influential were the Maya, who thrived in present-day ...

A Maya king’s tomb discovered in Belize offers the first proof of royal rule at Caracol and sheds light on early ties with ...

The Mayan city of Caracol has been researched for decades, but archaeologists only recently found a tomb of one of the city's ...

The Maya civilization emerged circa 2000 BCE, and for centuries they ruled over an extensive territory in Central America.

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

The ancient Maya were a group of Mesoamerican Indigenous people who developed one of the most advanced societies in history, which such achievements as a complex written language and amazingly ...