MEXICO.- Crowds of people gathered Friday around the Kukulkan pyramid in southeastern Mexico to celebrate with prayers and ritual dances the beginning of a new era on the Mayan calendar. Since 5:30 ...

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

THE YEAR. ARCHEOLOGISTS FROM UNH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HAVE UNCOVERED ANCIENT HISTORY IN WHAT’S NOW BELIEVED. THEY SAY THIS FISH TRAPPING FACILITY DATES BACK TO BEFORE THE MAYAN ERA. THE TEAM ...