The progressive state lawmaker’s sleek social media presence and army of eager volunteers could offer his party a road map ...

Black city leaders are worried their influence is waning at a moment when the rising costs that Zohran Mamdani put at the ...

Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water crisis, a new study has found. The Maya civilization dates back almost 4,000 years and spanned what is now Belize, Guatemala ...

Mayan hieroglyphics on one stela refer to a ruler who took the throne of a kingdom called El Zotz in 381. That ruler, the researchers say, was Great Fish-Dog Turtle.

A Mayan king who according to legend arrived on Earth in a spaceship - may have sailed to his death on a canal boat, scientists have said.

"Lost King of the Maya" PBS Airdate: February 13, 2001 Go to the companion Web site. NARRATOR: His name is Yax K'uk Mo'. His spirit haunts this valley, deep in the rainforest of Honduras.

No royal court in the classic Mayan period, especially from about A.D. 600 to 900, seems to have been without scribes of high rank. In paintings and sculptures, they are seen seated cross-legged ...

He points toward another figure, who is identifiable as the king of Xultún. “A big role of Mayan kings is to dance,” says Stephen Houston, a Brown University Mayan scholar.

An ancient mask depicting a 7th-century Mayan king has been discovered in southern Mexico. The find was made in the famous ancient city of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Archaeologists d… ...

Archaeologists in northwestern Guatemala have uncovered the tomb of a Mayan king that appears to date back to 300-350 A.D. The royal tomb, the oldest of seven discovered in the ancient city of El ...

A limestone throne back depicting a king and queen, ca. 600-900. Photo: Museo Amparo Collection In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining ...

Or maybe Maya kings typically didn’t have big enough armies to wipe out a city. In a bid to dominate the heart of the Maya region, Snake forces attacked the rival city-state of Tikal on April 29 ...