Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 1,000 years ago, the Mayan people settled in the Mexican city of Uxmal. The sprawling city was home to some of the most ...

SUNY Cortland’s Dowd Gallery Dowd Gallery will open the new exhibit “Future of the Past: Revitalizing Ancient Maya Ceramic Traditions in a Modern Maya Community.” Featured are 35 contemporary pottery ...

Human eyes are as individual as fingerprints. Like those of a living person, the eyes of this ceramic figurine discovered recently at the site of Xanab Chak in the Puuc region of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

More than a decade ago, members of a small village tucked deep into the rainforests of Belize realized that the rich cultural history of their Maya ancestors could help them build a sustainable ...

Towering monuments, politicians, bustling business people, a dense city center. Today, that description fits a handful of the world’s biggest cities, like Washington, D.C.; London; or Hong Kong. But 1 ...

Archaeologists have found an almost seven-foot-deep water reservoir the size of a soccer field, whose floor is lined with ceramic shards, in the Mexican rainforest. It seems that in combination with ...

More than 1,000 years ago, the Mayan people settled in the Mexican city of Uxmal. The sprawling city was home to some of the most important Mayan ceremonial sites, and it is remembered as one of the ...