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First evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies

Police detectives analyze isotopes in human hair to find out where a murder victim was born and grew up. Ashley Sharpe, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and …

Laser technology takes Maya archaeologists where they've never gone before

With the help of airborne laser mapping technology, a team of archaeologists, led by University of Arizona professor Takeshi Inomata, is exploring on a larger scale than ever before the history and s…

Mapping the Maya: Laser technology reveals secrets of an ancient civilization

The steamy jungles of northern Guatemala don't reveal secrets easily. For centuries, the overgrown landscape has protected most of the remains of the Maya who once tamed it—yielding slowly to mod…

Guatemala welcomes home Mayan artefacts rescued from Europe

The artifacts, which range from loose pieces, bowls, plates and ceramic figures, date from 250 to 900 AD. An exhibit called, 'Retrieving Testimony of Our History' is displaying approximately …

Guatemala high court abolishes death penalty in civil cases

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