As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

The great cities of the Maya lowlands dominated the Early Classical period, as we take a look at the latest instalment of our ...

Introduction / Martha J. Macri and Anabel Ford -- Kinship terms in Maya inscriptions / David Stuart -- Phoneticism, dates, and astronomy at Chichén Itzá / James A. Fox -- The wrong language / Floyd D.

During the 7th and 8th centuries, Mesoamerica saw an endless game of thrones, with the empires in Tikal and Calakmul fighting ...

Discover shocking evidence of ancient cataclysmic heat damage at the Rameseum in Egypt. Explore the massive granite sculptures, scorched surfaces, and high-polish hieroglyphics that suggest advanced ...

Discover how to create a stunning Egyptian hieroglyphic relief wall panel in this detailed, step-by-step tutorial. You’ll learn surface preparation, stencil application, and how to use wall putty and ...

From plastic bags to hieroglyphic printing presses, a Cairo-based collective is proving that the most profound design ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...

The story of the present-day Maya people - their society, culture & dreams for the future. This is the story of the present-day Maya people of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula—their society, culture, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayan astrology is a modern term for a form of Mesoamerican calendrical and divinatory tradition that dates back to 2000 BCE. This ...

Drawing upon 25 years of research, Andrew Scherer, professor of anthropology and archaeology and the ancient world and director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, ...

Maya joined the Live 5 News team in June 2025. Professional Experience: Storytellers Reporter at NBC News in New York, N.Y. reporting on nonprofits and changemakers across the country; Social ...