The Maya people were expert farmers and created hundreds ... The Mayans were one of the earliest civilizations to incorporate tattoos into their lives. Both men and women would decorate themselves ...

When most people think of ancient Maya civilization, they imagine godlike kings building towering pyramids and reveling in bloody human sacrifice. But commoners also played a significant role in the ...

The World Bank projects water shortages are expected to affect 2.8 billion people worldwide by 2025. For centuries, Mayan civilization practiced environmental management successful enough to build ...

“What all that infrastructure suggests is that people in the countryside ... says Golden. “The Maya are often viewed as a cautionary tale about climate change — this great civilization collapses ...

It was boggling to think we were standing on the labor of thousands of people from antiquity ... of public architecture in all of Maya civilization. I asked Hansen, if he could have anything ...