A British historian whose monumental analysis of the various world civilizations is contained in his twelvevolume A STUDY OF HISTORY, ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE is well known to lecture audiences in the United ...

A figurine was found in 2006 in the burial place of a previously unknown Maya ruler. An exhibit exploring the daily lives, religion, politics and sophistication of the Maya civilization is coming to ...

The innovative Mayan empire — with its impressive temples, calendar and artwork — mysteriously collapsed between the 8th and 9th centuries, leaving many scholars to question how such a seemingly ...

A long-standing mystery surrounding the Mayan civilization's collapse has been solved. Scientists now believe a self-inflicted environmental disaster, driven by extensive deforestation for agriculture ...

The sediment under a lake in Mexico contains some of the long-sought answers to the mystery of the Mayan demise. Ancient Mayans, primarily concentrated in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, were among ...

Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization. The defleshed ...

Evidence of a massacre has been uncovered in the ancient Mayan city of Cancuen, suggesting that warfare brought a quick end to the sophisticated Central American civilization. Has the mystery of the ...

Archaeologists have found several ancient Mayan artifacts and fossils of long-extinct animals, including giant sloths, in the largest underwater cave system in the world—but warn that the mysteries of ...

The Cincinnati Museum Center is set to re-open with an exploration of the Maya civilization, familiar towering dinosaurs and two new permanent exhibits. Temporarily closed during the pandemic, the ...