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 ...

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

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

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

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

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ...

The mysteries surrounding the life and death of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in Belize ...

For some people today, the Mayan civilization is still a reference in terms of theories and ideas. We have always believed that it has been more than a millennium since the last ve ...

The jade artifact, a hallmark of the Neolithic Hongshan culture, reminded her of ancient Japanese magatama beads and similar ...

Introduction History is not simply the story of what happened mdash;it is the memory of how power was used, values encoded, ...

Ensalada de Palmitos (Argentina) Native to South and Central America, hearts of palm are a vegetable derived from the palm tree species and date back to Mayan civilizations.