Maya

Guatemala is home to six institutions of multi-ethnic higher learning whose mission is to pass on ancestral lessons and impart degrees. ‘Our mission is not economistic, but social,’ says one rector

Researchers have successfully mapped a previously unknown settlement, as well as thousands of structures that remain buried in the Mexican state of Campeche

Known as the ‘Mesoamerican Egypt’ for the grandeur of its structures, Ichkabal contains three pyramids larger than Chichen Itzá’s Temple of Kukulcán and is scheduled to open to the public in September

The analysis of 64 sets of human remains suggests that the civilization selectively sacrificed twins or brothers — always boys and in pairs — as a religious ritual

A 6,500 square foot building protects recent findings from excavations carried out during the construction of the Maya Train route, which have shed light on life in the famous Mexican civilization

The indigenous peoples have led a powerful movement to defend democracy against judicial attacks to try to invalidate the elections. The government now has the challenge of not leaving them behind

The Mayans called it sicté, the Spanish adopted it as ‘chicle’ and the U.S. government gave it to troops during WWII to combat stress

The ancient DNA of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican populations reveals a genetic continuity that indicates their adaptation after centuries of mega-droughts