https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/mayas/RSS feed for MayasenWed, 15 Jul 2026 13:03:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-sak-tahn-waax-a-maya-math-whiz-who-lived-more-than-1000-years-ago-and-left-behind-a-really-elegant-complex-formula-180989125/For the first time, archaeologists identified one of the culture’s famed Classic era mathematicians and astronomersWed, 15 Jul 2026 13:03:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-sak-tahn-waax-a-maya-math-whiz-who-lived-more-than-1000-years-ago-and-left-behind-a-really-elegant-complex-formula-180989125/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-monolith-archaeologists-unearthed-in-mexico-may-depict-people-receiving-divine-liquid-in-a-ritual-180989049/The stela was found with a large, decorated platform and remnants of offerings in the state of VeracruzWed, 01 Jul 2026 14:33:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-monolith-archaeologists-unearthed-in-mexico-may-depict-people-receiving-divine-liquid-in-a-ritual-180989049/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-in-the-mexican-jungle-archaeologists-discovered-a-lost-maya-city-that-may-yield-clues-about-the-civilization-just-before-it-collapsed-180989030/Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar logging tracks. There, they found unique carved stelae and altarsFri, 26 Jun 2026 21:44:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-in-the-mexican-jungle-archaeologists-discovered-a-lost-maya-city-that-may-yield-clues-about-the-civilization-just-before-it-collapsed-180989030/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-times-trouble-maya-rejected-divine-kingship-newly-discovered-public-building-reveals-how-the-transition-to-shared-power-unfolded-180988567/Archaeologists in northern Guatemala unearthed a colonnaded open hall that may have served as a council house, where local leaders and everyday people met to discuss political issuesMon, 20 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-times-trouble-maya-rejected-divine-kingship-newly-discovered-public-building-reveals-how-the-transition-to-shared-power-unfolded-180988567/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-found-a-3000-year-old-map-of-the-cosmos-at-an-ancient-maya-site-in-mexico-180987656/New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years agoThu, 13 Nov 2025 19:19:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-found-a-3000-year-old-map-of-the-cosmos-at-an-ancient-maya-site-in-mexico-180987656/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-decipher-crumbling-hieroglyphs-to-reveal-the-name-of-a-forgotten-mayan-queen-who-ruled-1400-years-ago-180987582/Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her name before they began translating a series of inscriptions discovered in 2024Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-decipher-crumbling-hieroglyphs-to-reveal-the-name-of-a-forgotten-mayan-queen-who-ruled-1400-years-ago-180987582/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/millions-of-maya-still-call-mesoamerica-home-this-groundbreaking-initiative-ushers-the-rich-tapestry-of-mayan-languages-into-the-digital-age-180987113/The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like online glossaries and special phone keyboardsFri, 08 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/millions-of-maya-still-call-mesoamerica-home-this-groundbreaking-initiative-ushers-the-rich-tapestry-of-mayan-languages-into-the-digital-age-180987113/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-in-mexico-discover-long-lost-city-inhabited-by-maya-rebels-who-resisted-the-spanish-conquest-180987123/After Spanish troops seized their capital, the Lacandon Ch'ol established a new settlement called Sac Balam, or the "Land of the White Jaguar"Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:30:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-in-mexico-discover-long-lost-city-inhabited-by-maya-rebels-who-resisted-the-spanish-conquest-180987123/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/in-belize-maya-descendants-are-reviving-an-ancient-sacred-ballgame-180987058/A movement is underway to make pok-ta-pok, the world’s oldest team ballgame, the national sportThu, 31 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/in-belize-maya-descendants-are-reviving-an-ancient-sacred-ballgame-180987058/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-filled-tomb-belonging-to-the-first-known-ruler-of-a-maya-city-in-belize-180986972/Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ancient city of CaracolFri, 11 Jul 2025 20:16:31 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-treasure-filled-tomb-belonging-to-the-first-known-ruler-of-a-maya-city-in-belize-180986972/