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Quarto – View of Stela 30. Credit: Octavio Esparza

Ix Ch’ak Ch’een Becomes the First Female Maya Sovereign Revealed to Rule Cobá

26 October 2025

A new epigraphic breakthrough has unveiled the identity of Ix Ch’ak Ch’een, a female ruler who governed the ancient Maya...

A photo from the study shows archaeologists carefully marking the positions of preserved wooden posts with wire flags at the Ch’ok Ayin residential household group, documenting the precise layout of this submerged Maya salt-making compound. Credit: McKillop & Sills, 2025, Ancient Mesoamerica.

Maya Salt-Making Compound Found Preserved Underwater in Belize Reveals Secrets of “Invisible Sites”

19 October 2025

The discovery of a Maya salt-making compound preserved beneath the mangrove peat of southern Belize is transforming our understanding of...

The possible last city of the rebel Lacandon Maya in Chiapas, Sak-Bahlán, located.

Archaeologists Uncover Sak-Bahlán: The Lost “Land of the White Jaguar,” Last Stronghold of Rebel Maya in Chiapas

31 July 2025

Deep in the rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, archaeologists believe they have uncovered the lost city of Sak-Bahlán, known as the...