Laser scans of dense jungle in Campeche, Mexico, have exposed a previously unknown Maya city called Valeriana, with thousands ...

A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilization, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a ...

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For centuries, the decline of the Maya civilization has remained one of history’s most compelling enigmas. At its height during the Classic Period (roughly 250 to 900 CE), the Maya world boasted ...

Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave. A drought ...