Known by the ancient Maya ... the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas. Palenque’s heyday was the seventh century A.D., when ...

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...

Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before ... Prior to the 16th century, when the Spanish invaded the area, the Maya were the dominant regional group.

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.