If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans. They are the indigenous culture that ruled southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras ...

With one of the most broad and diverse influences over Maya culture, Itzamná Mayan god is considered the supreme god. The Kukulkan Mayan god is arguably the most prominent and most well-known ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

From witnessing active volcanoes and getting involved in community tourism to exploring stone cities that have stood for ...

For me, language represents life, its connects me to my roots, my past, my culture, my family, my ancestors and my community, ...

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 ...

They also tried hard to remove all traces of Maya culture over the following centuries. Jade Skirt: Many hundreds of years from now, I hope people will still be able to admire the things we Maya ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

"Overall, our wedding weekend played into the locale and really celebrated Mexico and its vibrancy alongside the Mayan culture," the bride tells PEOPLE. Lauren Alatriste Photography | @ ...

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 ...