The enormous structure may have been intended to honor the eruption. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. About 1,500 years ago, Maya ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

The discovery raises questions about large settlements in Central America. This is an Inside Science story. A giant platform nearly a mile long made of stone, clay and earth is both the earliest- and ...