The carvings were part of an ancient Mesoamerican game. Archaeologists excavated the 1,000-year-old ceremonial building in Xpujil as part of the Maya Train construction, Mexico’s National ...

Quiriguá is known for its many finely sculptured stone monuments. The site boasts the largest carved Maya stela, a 65-ton behemoth known as Monument 5. Dating to 771, Monument 5 stands 35 feet ...

Later findings proved him right and also revealed that the Maya even had a symbol for zero, which appeared on Mesoamerican carvings as early as 36 B.C. (Zero didn't appear in Western Europe until ...