Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what was found in its remnants. Structure II, a pyramid at Calakmul, was ...

For a long time, no one thought much of the low rise in the landscape of southeastern Mexico. It looked like nothing more than a gentle swell in the earth, one more bump in a flat, humid plain. Only ...

More than a dozen coatis in Tikal were suddenly sent scattering when a jaguar came out of nowhere to hunt one of the coati down, doing so at the feet of a woman recording the encounter on her phone.

Current time and date at El Peten Airport is 11:03:38 AM (CST) on Friday, Nov 14, 2025 Looking for information on El Peten Airport, Tikal, Guatemala? Know about El Peten Airport in detail. Find out ...

Since Aguada Fénix’s initial discovery, the work has been led by University of Arizona professors Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan, culminating in a new paper recently published in Science Advances ...

University of Arizona archaeologist Takeshi Inomata (left) and archaeologist Melina Garcia excavate a cache of ceremonial artifacts that include mineral pigments associated with cardinal directions.

Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the water likely was undrinkable. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati found toxic levels of ...

LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method for determining ranges. It uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth, ...

This video was filmed in and around Tikal, Guatemala. It features 4K drone footage of the ancient ruins and surrounding wildlife, with background music and no narration. 'They should be grateful!' ...

Nowadays, the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, have been largely reclaimed by the jungle. Howler monkeys jump from pyramid to pyramid. Bats hide in the crevices of abandoned ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the ...