"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

In the system, underwater archaeologists found the 15,000-year-old remains of giant sloths, proto-elephants called gomphotheres, and bears, as well as an elaborate shrine to the Maya god of war ...

Despite its ancient origins, this tiling trend is just as applicable today. In fact, there is something strikingly modern about the collage-like look of this style. As mosaic artist, Helen Miles, ...

At the Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago, an expansive, century-spanning show charts the period of art when “homosexuality” ...

Over the past 17 years, the Uaxactun Archaeological Project (PARU) has identified over 170 archaeological sites related to the Maya civilization’s past. Of the 176 sites, only 20 have been ...

The drawings are also unusual for a Maya document, combining styles of the Mesoamerican Mixtec people with Toltec attire. The Toltec were often hailed by the Aztecs as ancestors, and their art ...

The ongoing exhibition "Mayas, Ceiba and Cosmos" in Central China's Henan province, one of the main birthplaces and development areas of Chinese civilization, has attracted many visitors, offering ...

Los Angeles artist Guadalupe Rosales reconfigures a dazzling archive of her hometown in the 1990s. It's a show that should catapult her to prominence.

A new study shines a light on the genetic roots of the Classic Maya people and reveals how their population shifted during the rise and fall of their civilization. Known for their towering cities, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of ...

Researchers saw a subsequent decline in population around 750 A.D., “coinciding with the onset of the collapse of Classic Maya civilization,” according to the paper.