Archaeology

Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World. Exhibit runs now - April 9, 2012 at the Royal Ontario Museum. A collaborative effort between the ROM, the Canadian Museum of Civilization (where it will run later in 2012), and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History.
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Uncover the secrets of the ancient Maya in this special collector's edition of Archaeology Magazine
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The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2010. Among the findings is a room under the El Diablo pyramid in Maya city of El Zotz. Based on the position, wealth, and date of the tomb (A.D. 350), researchers believe the king may have been the founder of a dynasty...
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Join Dr. Hansen, a renowned American archaeologist and a senior scientist at the Institute for Mesoamerican Research in the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University, for a fascinating lecture at the American Museum of Natural History...
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The ancient Maya were surrounded by the sea in all directions, and their world revolved around water. More than a necessity to sustain life, water was the vital medium from which the world emerged, gods arose and ancestors communicated.
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By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY August 25, 2010 YUCATAN, Mexico— Bird calls ring from the forest, echoing amid the crumbling ruins whose darkened doorways have long beckoned explorers and scholars. The Maya ancients who built the ruins of Kiuic (kee-week) here fled those doorways in a hurry, an international archaeology team now realizes. Left behind may be frozen-in-time clues to the ...
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