Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

If the soaring ruins at Tikal conjure a civilization at the peak of its ceremonial hubris -- with temples that dwarf the very jungle -- the Copan ruins recall something more like a quiet city by the ...

Skeletons unearthed from the ruins of the ancient city of Copán in Honduras have yielded clues to the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. Copán, now a Unesco World Heritage site, thrived during the ...

Chronological table -- 1. Introduction -- The setting -- Natural resources -- Areas -- Periods -- Peoples and languages -- Climate change and its cultural impact -- 2. The earliest Maya -- Early ...

Image shows Burial 36-2000, one of the largest and most significant burials uncovered outside the Acropolis in Copán’s 130-year history of archaeological investigation. The burial contains the ...