Live Science

Mayan Artifacts Used in Ritual Sacrifices Discovered at the Bottom of Sacred Lake

A team of Polish archaeologists diving in a possibly sacred lake in northern Guatemala has recovered hundreds of Mayan artifacts, including ceremonial bowls and obsidian blades that may have been used ...
Archaeology

Maya Artifacts Recovered from Guatemala’s Lake Petén Itzá

KRAKÓW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that teams of Guatemalan and Polish researchers recovered several hundred Maya artifacts from Lake Petén Itzá, where the Classic period Maya capital of ...
The Baltimore Sun

Delaware anthropologist tracks culture of Peten Mayas Language and culture of Itza people endangered by destruction of forests

Schwartz’s concern is for the Itza Maya, a people who have made a living from the rain forest near Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala for centuries. “The Itza have felt for some time that the ...
Hartford Courant

One of Guatemala’s most exquisite boutique hotels is owned by Francis Ford Coppola

We were hungry, we were tired, it was pushing 8 p.m., and now we were crawling along a dirt road through a Guatemalan forest in an SUV, slamming into potholes the size of steamer trunks. Finally, we ...