A Maya tomb dating back 1,700 years holds funeral offerings, including writings carved on human bones and a jade mask.

To buy and sell obsidian, the Maya people used a market economy with far less oversight from their rulers that previously thought.

Climate and conflict entwined when the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan fell apart, research shows.

Two ancient pits dug into the corner of a Guatemalan home a millennium ago offers clues to Maya toilets—and tamales, too.

While droughts caused by climate change have been blamed for the fall of the Maya kingdom, new research complicates the picture.

Researchers have discovered nearly 500 ancient ceremonial sites in Mexico. They're similar to Aguada Fénix, the largest and oldest Maya monument ever found.

"It is important for society generally to know that there were civilizations before us that were affected by and adapted to climate change."

A monumental building is the oldest and largest in known Maya history, far larger than their later pyramids and palaces.

The search for evidence of the Maya Kingdom Sak Tz'i' has been going since 1994. A roadside vendor flagged down a researcher to offer an amazing clue.

Yucatec Maya farmers breastfeed their babies even longer after c-sections than after vaginal births, research finds.