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1,400-year-old hieroglyphs reveal name of powerful Maya queen
Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year.
1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children'
Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases.
200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices
A 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds.
Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
After using lasers to map the Maya Lowlands, researchers have updated their estimates of the total Maya population during the Late Classic Period (A.D. 600 to 900).
Tropical storm Alvin will form in next 48 hours, forecasters say — kicking off this year's Pacific hurricane season
A tropical storm is brewing over the Eastern Pacific south of Acapulco. Clouds and thunderstorms that have been gathering for days will organize in the next 48 hours and could develop into a hurricane.
'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture
When two spelunkers investigated what they thought was trash in a cave in Mexico, they discovered more than a dozen artifacts dating back centuries.
Ancient Maya quiz: What do you know about the civilization that built pyramids across Mesoamerica?
Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?
Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico
Lidar has fully revealed a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico.
