Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime

In the ancient Maya kingdom of K’anwitznal—a lowland city located in present-day Guatemala—dead royals weren’t always treated with reverence, archaeologists say. New research, published last week in ... Read More

Burned remains at Maya pyramid reveal dramatic regime change

In the depths of an ancient Maya pyramid and temple in Guatemala, archaeologists have made a startling discovery. Scorched bones believed to belong to royalty and burned rare artifacts hint at a ... Read More

An ancient Maya city yields up its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas

An ancient Maya city yields up its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas - The discovery - the burning of a long-dead king’s skeleton and sacred funerary regalia - reveals new secrets ... Read More

Guatemala ex-general on trial accused of genocide

A former general accused of ordering the murder of more than 1,200 indigenous Ixil Maya people during ... Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala, told the AFP news agency that survivors had ... Read More

For The Maya, Solar Eclipses Were A Sign Of Heavenly Clashes

We live in a light-polluted world ... studying how Maya culture persisted after the Spanish conquest. An image of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau, made between the sixth and ninth centuries, now ... Read More

Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on

One of the largest fires is near a suburb of Guatemala ... Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

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An ancient Maya city reveals its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas

An ancient Maya city reveals its secrets to solve one of history’s biggest enigmas - The discovery – the burning of a long-dead king’s skeleton and sacred funerary regalia – reveals new secrets ... Read More

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