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 ...

The first major exhibition in the U.S. dedicated to Maya art in a decade, “Lives of the Gods” features pieces from the period 250 to 900, hailing from Belize, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala ...

The treasures of present-day Guatemala, the cradle of Mayan civilization, go beyond the ancient. The country’s roots trace both to Spain and the native people. This diverse history combines w… ...

Seven ancient Mayan artifacts that were in the possession of a California collector were returned to Guatemala on Friday, decades after the hieroglyph carvings are believed to have been looted ...

The archaeologists were exploring a Mayan pyramid that dates to A.D. 600 in an area that is home to other classic ruin sites when they came upon the frieze.

Across Guatemala, a Tennessee-size nation of 14 million where the 6 million indigenous Maya speak more than 20 languages, the designs woven into huipiles vary from town to town.

Archaeologists have found an "extraordinary" Mayan frieze richly decorated with images of deities and rulers and a long dedicatory inscription, the Guatemalan government said Wednesday.

A limestone stela created in 702 by an unknown Mayan artist depicting Ix Wak Jalam Chan (or Wak Chanil Ajaw), currently on long term loan from the Republic of Guatemala to the Metropolitan Museum ...

The temporary exhibition “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art” at the Kimbell features rarel 1,000-year-old objects that somehow remind us of modern times.