In the mountain villages of Guatemala’s Western Highlands, farmers are combining ancient Maya knowledge with modern ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery hidden beneath the dense rainforests of Guatemala is changing what experts know about ...

Jade Skirt: Us Maya have really healthy diets. As well as the maize, beans and squash we grow to eat, we also produce cotton to make cloth and flowers for decoration. We hunt deer, fish and birds and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a tale full of discoveries, revealing a city tucked away for almost 3,000 years, and hidden in the lush jungles of northern Guatemala. It was revealed in the May 2025 ...

For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation. Based on the ...

Researchers compared the newly discovered site of Valeriana to the well-known site of Calakmul in the Maya Lowlands. (photo via Wikimedia Commons) Archaeologists say they have found evidence of ...

Jade Skirt: Us Maya have really healthy diets. As well as the maize, beans and squash we grow to eat, we also produce cotton to make cloth and flowers for decoration. We hunt deer, fish and birds and ...

Ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, 'can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs.' The Maya built and ...

Professor Lisa Lucero looks at lessons we can learn to manage water systems in the future by examining Maya techniques in her paper "Ancient Maya Reservoirs, Constructed Wetlands, and Future Water ...