Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why did the Mayans abandon cities? Maya ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. (Getty) (borphy via Getty Images) Archaeologists ...

The 819-day calendar used by ancient Mayans has long stumped researchers, but anthropologists from Tulane University may have finally deciphered its secrets. Researchers long suspected the calendar ...

CHICAGO—Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, ...

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WASHINGTON -- Images from space are providing scientists with new clues about the mysterious collapse of the Mayan civilization of Central America and some hints about the fates of other ancient ...

Researchers analyzing the genomes of seven ancient Maya individuals buried in Copán, Honduras, have unveiled new insights into the population collapse and social shifts that marked the end of the ...