Go beyond the usual couples massage when you sign up for a Couple’s Mayan Ritual at Mexican hotel Nizuc. Here you’ll spend around three hours soaking in their hydrotherapy pools, polishing and ...

It’s well-known that the ancient Maya had their own version of ball games, which were played with a rubber ball on stone courts. Such games served not just as athletic events but also religious ones ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A ritual cave has been discovered beneath the ancient Maya city of ...

A team of Polish archaeologists diving in a possibly sacred lake in northern Guatemala has recovered hundreds of Maya artifacts, including ceremonial bowls and obsidian blades that may have been used ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have uncovered an intriguing ritual deposit below an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remains of five of the 13 individuals found at Structure 18 at the Moral-Reforma Archaeological Zone. Archaeologists in Mexico ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

A team of archaeologists working near the small village of Poxilá, roughly 50 miles south of Mérida in Mexico’s Yucatán state ...

Maya civilization in perspective -- Trajectories of evolution : Maya archaeology and the preclassic Maya -- Maya states before the classic period -- Planting the seed of civilization : the making of ...

The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan warrior found in the Temple of ...

Honestly, sometimes I wish the scientists could be a little more creative when naming things. "Maya Ballgame"? Really? There wasn't any other name they could find or come up with? I mean, I am pretty ...