A team of archaeologists in Mexico excavating Mayan ruins near the ancient walled city of Tulum discovered a sealed cave filled with human and animal remains that could be over 1,000 years old. The ...

Divers exploring the world’s longest known submerged cave system in Mexico have uncovered ancient Maya human remains alongside the bones of Ice Age animals. The find is being described as one of the ...

Divers in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula say they have discovered the world's largest underwater cave. Underwater archaeologists discovered last week that the cave system known as Sac Actun, located near ...

Introduction: Religion and role of caves in lowland Maya archaeology / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady -- Replicating the sacred landscape: the Chen at Muklebal Tzul / Keith M. Prufer and Andrew ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

Archaeologists have discovered a cave filled with hundreds of artifacts beneath the ruins of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the lead researcher on the project said Monday, calling the find ...

ACHTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL CAVE, Belize -- Xibalba was a Maya name for the underworld, home of the gods of death and disease. Caves, not the lofty pyramids left behind by the ancient Maya, were the ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

As the ancient Mayan civilization slowly collapsed in Central America some thousand years ago, perhaps in the face of a quickly changing environment, its survivors retreated with their most precious ...