Guatemala Archive

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, it is inevitable that all leaders will eventually succeed. However, ancient civilizations' responses to these transitions of power varied greatly. Recent

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating archaeologist at Chochkitam in Guatemala have discovered a fascinating Maya king's tomb filled with unique ancient treasures. Chochkitam is a little-known

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists using radar have once again uncovered amazing ancient structures that cannot be easily detected from the ground. With the help of LIDAR

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating in Guatemala archaeologists discovered a glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the third century B.C

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  It is impossible to say how many ancient cities may still be hidden in the remote, inaccessible jungle of Guatemala. Exploration of these

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have once again used LIDAR technology with success. Using light detection and ranging technology scientists have located the world's oldest and largest

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Abaj Takalik (also Tak'alik Ab'aj means 'standing stone' in the local K'iche' Maya language) has a pre-Columbian origin. The earliest known occupation at

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have long tried to explain purpose of Mesoamerican potbelly statues. Are they depictions of the ruling elite? Perhaps they were made to honor

David Tee - AncientPages.com  - Deep in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle lies a little forgotten city. It is called today El Mirador, and in its heyday, it could

AncientPages.com - Researchers at Tulane University have documented the discovery of dozens of ancient cities in northern Guatemala through the use of jungle-penetrating Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today, overgrown by jungle, El Mirador is a large pre-Columbian Mayan settlement located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. This

AncientPages.com - Using LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology researchers of Ithaca College uncovered thousands of new Maya structures previously undetected beneath smothering vegetation. The survey of encompassed Several

AncientPages.com - It has already been called a finding that could re-write ancient Maya history.  A quite spectacular discovery of two untouched ancient tombs found beneath Maya pyramids can unravel