In July 2012 I chanced to see the name Robert Carr on the Guatemala Archaeological Symposium program. Could it be the same Carr from the Carr & Hazard 1962 Tikal Report No. 11, the famous Tikal Map?

The fall of the ancient Maya civilisation came gradually — as did the disappearance of its centres of power, each one slowly reclaimed by the creeping jungle. Mighty cities were lost for centuries, ...

Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary network of Preclassic Maya multi-tiered cities, towns, and villages that date back to 1,000 BCE in Guatemala. The findings indicate a previously unknown ...

Mirador-Rio Azul National Park is one of the best-conserved protected areas in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve, where illegal logging and agriculture, forest fires, looting, and drug trafficking ...

Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographical map of ancient monumental buildings long buried under centuries of jungle at the Maya site "Head of Stone" in Guatemala. The map puts ...

The Maya Biosphere Reserve, which covers one-fifth of Guatemala, is one of the most important tropical forest areas north of the Amazon. The reserve is a gem of biological and cultural heritage, with ...

As our bus slowed at the entrance to a huge jungle park containing the Maya ruins of Tikal, one of Guatemala`s most spectacular attractions for tourists and archeologists, a small group of soldiers ...

While conducting an aerial survey of northern Guatemala, researchers detected a sprawling Maya site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographic map of the early Maya city "Head of Stone" in Guatemala's Central Lakes region, adding new perspective to the site and its ancient ...

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