UH-MAY, Mexico — Thousands of Mayan Indians lost homes as Hurricane Dean blew through the Yucatán Peninsula, but their real wealth was the trees, now scattered and broken in the storm’s wake. Village ...

Russian Yuri Knorozov cracked the previously undecipherable Maya code, and remarkably, did it long before he ever visited ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Scenes of enslaved Maya Indians building temples for a violent, decadent culture in Mel Gibson’s new film “Apocalypto” may ring true for many of today’s Mayas, who earn meager wages ...

When Víctor Montejo, a respected anthropologist and writer, became the first Mayan Indian to head Guatemala’s Peace Secretariat, he knew there were many who wanted to see him fail -- including some of ...

Bitter opposition from Maya Indians has led the National Institutes of Health and the University of Georgia to abandon a project involving research on medicinal plants in Mexico. Local healers had ...

After decades of silence, Mayan Indian women come forward with stories of torture and rape during the Guatemalan civil war. Mayan Women Accuse Military Officials Of Holding Them As Sex Slaves A ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Actor and producer Mel Gibson hit back on Monday at accusations his "Apocalypto" movie misrepresents Mayan Indians as savages, accusing opponents of not doing their research.