Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

This research demonstrates that the Maya did more than build isolated cities ... and documented clear regional differences in ...

or traditional Maya home. He talks about his design, his tools and the building's sometimes bizarre features. The presenter outlines how it will contrast in its structure with the more prominent ...

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also remembered for other amazing creations, like their spectacular buildings and beautiful objects made from jade, a rare and ...

The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The ...

A team of marine archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery off the coast of Playa del Carmen: a sunken Mayan city. This find, using 3D sonar technology, marks a milestone in marine ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon around it and announced fines ranging from ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...