Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a ...

On a balmy morning in April I'm sitting in the courtyard of my hotel at the crack of dawn watching Lake Atitlan, waiting for the clouds to drift and reveal the three volcanoes that dominate its ...

Sitting atop the largest pyramid in the world in northern Guatemala’s ancient Mayan city El Mirador, I tried to imagine how the city below looked nearly 2,500 years ago. Standing nearby, the site’s ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

Ceramics, human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns are among artifacts that have been uncovered by archaeologists in Guatemala at the site of the last Mayan city to resist European conquest, ...

An American tourist visiting ancient Mayan ruins deep in the rainforests of Guatemala suddenly vanished without a trace — sparking a massive search mission and baffling authorities. Raymond Vincent ...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was ...