In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from ...

The researcher took advantage of maps available freely online. Takeshi Inomata identified this ancient Maya site, dubbed La Carmelita, using LiDAR maps, seen here in both low and high resolution.

It's about a week since Treasure Isle released new maps, so we knew it was only a matter of time before next batch of maps would be ready to dig. Treasure Isle has just released the second set of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be thought that ancient Mesoamerican monuments were built and used predominantly by powerful leaders and ruling classes ...

Seems like everyone's digging Treasure Isle, but overachievers have already been asking -- 'where are some new maps already?' Well, it's like the treasure hunting game gods read your minds and ...

An eagle-eyed archaeologist has used a freely available online map to locate 27 Maya ceremonial sites in Mexico. Takeshi Inomata, a professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, made the ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico. This ancient site, with its intricate structures and carvings, offers a glimpse into the Maya ...

A Canadian teenager has discovered the remains of a lost Mayan city — without ever stepping foot in Mexico. Combining his love for the night sky and a childhood fascination with the Mayan “doomsday” ...

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On 10 May 2016, British outlet The Telegraph reported that a Canadian teenager found a lost Mayan city using satellite mapping: A Canadian schoolboy appears to have discovered a lost Mayan city hidden ...

The explorer Jacques Soustelle called Bonampak "a pictorial encyclopedia of a Mayan city." Built along the Lacanjá River in the seventh and eighth centuries and eventually abandoned to the jungle, the ...