Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that ...

An abandoned Mayan city in northern Guatemala is the subject of today’s geo-quiz. Its name is derived from the millions of bats that live there. Aaron Schachter learns more about the city and its bats ...

But other relics wound up in much smaller collections — like the one I come across by chance on a small private island in Lake Petén Itzá, far from the capital in the country’s wild north.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

On June 25, Guatemalan Army personnel found coca crops and a lab in a hard-to-reach jungle area of Petén, Guatemala’s northernmost department, the Army said on Twitter. The discovery was made ...

This Vibrant Colonial City Is in a Volcanic Hot Spot This Vibrant Colonial City Is in a Volcanic Hot Spot Explore the Maya ruins of Guatemala's Petén department Explore the Maya ruins of ...

The region’s largest oil reserves pass from southern Mexico through the Petén department and into Belize, making Laguna del Tigre National Park an ideal focus of development, some ...