CHICUZ, Guatemala (Reuters) – Matilde Ical Chen was toasting tortillas over a wood fire for the midday meal when the landslide ripped through the Guatemalan Mayan indigenous village of Queja ...

The Maya civilization reached its height between 250 and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three Maya cities in the Petén jungle of Guatemala.. The cities are about 3 miles (5 kilometers) apart and are arranged like a triangle, Guatemala's ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Guatemalans celebrated Mayan New Year on Sunday, which is the year ...

A glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar ...

Guatemala Mayan community argues before human rights court . Feb. 9, 2022 at 11:32 am Updated Feb. 9, 2022 at 12:33 pm . By . SONIA PEREZ D. The Associated Press.

Two Americans have been arrested in Guatemala allegedly with dozens of pre-Hispanic Mayan artifacts, the prosecutor's office said Monday. The pair, a man and a woman, were arrested in a car on ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Lawyers for an Indigenous community in eastern Guatemala made arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Wednesday in a case that could have far-reaching ...