Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Dolores Hidalgo - Leonid Andronov/iStockphoto The last battle between colonial Spain ...

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.

Running along the Caribbean shores of the lush Yucatán Peninsula, Riviera Maya is a 100-mile (160km) stretch of sands sprinkled with vibrant beach towns, wildlife-rich jungle, ancient Mayan ruins and ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, pyramids and a unique canal system that could shed further light on the ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei toured the archaeological site of Tikal on Saturday during a trip by Tsai that aims to shore up ...

Whenever I go south to Mexico, I marvel at the monumental stone structures, which reach toward heaven, that were left behind by the Maya. When I went to Egypt, I stood at the base of pyramids that ...