Maya cities grew when drought and conflict made rural life risky. They declined when nature improved and people chose freedom again.

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ABC News Live's original docuseries "Last Lands' returns for season 2, covering the two-day ATV journey through Guatemala's ...

Deep beneath Mexico’s jungles, divers have uncovered the world’s longest submerged cave — and inside lie the haunting remains of the ancient Maya. Bones, artifacts, and Ice Age creatures are rewriting ...

Scientists believe they’ve decoded the mysterious symbols of Teotihuacan, revealing a potential ancient ancestor of Nahuatl.

Danish linguists have achieved a breakthrough that could finally solve one of archaeology's greatest mysteries by deciphering the writing system of ancient Teotihuacan. The discovery reveals that the ...

This simple chocolate pot de crème is spiced with cinnamon and allspice. A touch of ground habanero chiles that were dried over an open fire gives it a slightly smoky flavor. If dried habanero is not ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as early ...

A group led by former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart will challenge the province's municipal voting system in court, arguing it is unconstitutional and does not lead to fair representation. Vancouver ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

When Windows crashes, it collects information about the crash during the time that the Crash Screen is displayed. At this point, the OS collects information from running applications, drivers, ...