Somewhere in the thick lowland forest of southern Quintana Roo, local residents had long known about stone walls jutting from the undergrowth. Their reports eventually reached Mexico’s National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes ...

At a sprawling ceremonial complex in southern Mexico, archaeologists say they have identified a 3,000‑year‑old layout that appears to encode a vision of the universe in earth and stone. The site, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When archaeologist Takeshi Inomata and his team began excavating for Maya ruins in the lowlands of what ...