Ancient Maya believed that the rain god Chaak resided in caves and natural wells called cenotes. Maya farmers today in Mexico ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few weeks ago, I spent five amazing days basking in the sunshine in Belize. I split my time between the lush green jungles in ...

Archaeologists working in Belize have cataloged 379 human teeth deposited in a single layer inside a cave called Yakalche, adding to a growing body of evidence that the ancient Maya deliberately ...

Belize has a plethora of national parks, archeological sites, caves, and wildlife sanctuaries that house howler monkeys, bright green iguanas, more than 500 species of birds, and even jaguars. The ...

Television broadcast produced by Nicholas Webster and ABC News in collaboration with the Explorer's Club and narrated by Peter Jennings. Film documents an Explorer's Club expedition to Alta Verapaz, ...

The ancient Maya built soaring temples and grand architecture above ground during their several-thousand-year reign in Central America, and it is these towering works that are most noticeable today, a ...

Deep in the Belizean jungle lies a sinkhole known as the Black Hole. Reaching what the documentary calls its secret Mayan sacrificial chamber requires rappelling roughly 300 feet, entering a vast cave ...

A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilization, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a ...

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 ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, including piercing, body painting, scarification, and tattooing. However, no ...

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 ...