An elaborately carved Mayan altar, more than 1,200 years old, was recovered after archaeologists turned detective and joined Guatemalan police to rescue it from looters. The rescue of the 600-pound ...

WASHINGTON – An elaborately carved Maya altar, more than 1,200 years old, was recovered after archaeologists turned detective and joined Guatemalan police to rescue it from looters. The rescue of the ...

An elaborately carved Maya altar, more than 1,200 years old, was recovered after archaeologists turned detective and joined Guatemalan police to rescue it from looters. The rescue of the 600-pound ...

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For the third time in 18 months, litigation has broken out between anthropologist Brigitte Kovacevich and Vanderbilt University, where she carried out her graduate studies under renowned scholar ...

Last year, an archaeological team led by Arthur Demarest of Vanderbilt University in Nashville explored Cancuén, an ancient Maya city that investigators have long characterized as physically small and ...

Racing against spring floods and the threat of armed grave robbers, archeologists in the dense Peten jungle of northern Guatemala have unearthed what they call ”a historical gold mine.” It is the ...

The collapse of the once-great Mayan civilization of Central America long has puzzled scholars who have suggested drought, earthquake, volcanic eruption and other cataclysmic events were to blame. Now ...

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Balaj Chan K'awiil was born to privilege and given a kingdom, but he sold out to the enemy, defeated his former benefactors in battle and celebrated the victory by sacrificing the brother who mentored ...

Whoever they were, the invaders made short work of the enormous palace in the Mayan lowlands, ignoring half-built ramparts to corral nearly three dozen members of the royal household, systematically ...

Archaeologists and forensic experts in Guatemala have made a grisly discovery among the ruins of an ancient Mayan city called Cancuen. In explorations during the summer, they found as many as 50 ...