Now overgrown by jungle, the ancient site was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization Chip Brown The peak of La Danta—one of the world's largest pyramids—pokes through the forest canopy.

Researchers discovered an ancient Mayan kingdom from 2,000 years ago in northern Guatemala, a new study shows. Cambridge University Press. An ancient Mayan kingdom from some 2,000 years ago was ...

REPORTING FROM FLORES, GUATEMALA — After a daylong slog through the suffocating Guatemalan jungle, we emerged before a soaring pyramid in the ghostly ruins of El Tintal, our first stop in the forested ...

The piece of pottery glistens in the flashlight's beam as I move it around in my hands, feeling the smooth surface. I study the red paint that decorates the ceramic and grin. In that moment, all else ...

Sitting atop the largest pyramid in the world in northern Guatemala's ancient Mayan city El Mirador, I tried to imagine how the city below looked nearly 2,500 years ago. Standing nearby, the site's ...

An ancient Mayan kingdom from some 2,000 years ago was discovered buried in northern Guatemala, researchers say. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,000 ancient Mayan settlements in the Mirador-Calakmul ...