Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role. New archaeological finds add to evidence that the Maya city of Tikal in ...

As a shortstop/outfielder at UCLA, Maya Brady was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023 and '24. Brett Rojo / Imagn Images Tom Brady calls her “the most dominant athlete in the Brady family … by ...

Between 750 and 900 CE, the population of the Maya lowlands in Central America experienced a major demographic and political decline which, according to the scientific literature, coincided with ...

Astrologer Lisa Stardust shares her insights on the Mayan system and how it captures the energy you were born into Getty If you think your birth chart says a lot about you, wait until you meet your ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...

Maya Kowalski’s 'medical kidnapping' and mother’s suicide was chronicled in a 2023 Netflix documentary Sophie Dodd is a writer for PEOPLE. She previously worked as an editorial assistant at PEOPLE ...

The history, culture, and natural wonders of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula underpin the contemporary comfort you’ll find at Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya. Overlooking the area’s renowned white-sand beach, ...

Ek’ Balam was once the home of some 20,000 Maya and stood at the center of ancient Mayan kingdom known as “Talol.” A new discovery of a vault cap called TB 29 contains a divine interpretation of ...

An appellate court has reversed a $261 million verdict awarded to the Kowalski family in the "Take Care of Maya" case. The court found the original trial was flawed by emotionally charged testimony ...

A new study shows the ancient Dresden Codex held calculations could forecast eclipses centuries ahead. Maya daykeepers used overlapping 223- or 358-month cycles to maintain precise lunar and solar ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mayan Warrior, the Mexico City-based electronic music art car at Burning Man, was completely destroyed by fire in ...

Didn’t luxuriate on the shores of Italy’s celebrity-favorite lake this summer? Don't worry. There’s a closer-to-home fall alternative—the "Lake Como of Central America." As many European lakes head ...