Anthropologist Stephen D. Houston has been tapped as the lecturer of the 72nd edition of the A.W. Mellon lecture series. Stephen D. Houston of Brown University will deliver the 72nd A. W. Mellon ...

Translation of recently unearthed hieroglyphic stairs on an ancient Maya pyramid in Guatemala provides dramatic evidence that two great Maya city-states and their allies were locked in a brutal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By deciphering hieroglyphic inscriptions on centuries-old rocks, researchers have identified the name of a previously unknown Maya ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maya used "sign language" on an altar around 1,300 years ago, and these signs may represent important dates in the Maya Long ...

Archaeologists in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula have decoded Maya hieroglyphs to identify the name of a sixth-century queen: Ix Ch’ak Ch’een. Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ruled over the city of Cobá, and she likely ...

During a conference on August 12, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that workers from the Ministry of Culture’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) had found a ...

Last year, a series of ancient hieroglyphs were discovered in the jungle of Mexico. Now, they have been decoded, revealing the identity of a previously unknown Mayan ruler. INAH Ancient hieroglyphics ...

Mexico City, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico are analyzing the discovery of a stone tablet with Mayan hieroglyphs more than ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...