The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe, from the natural world to everyday experiences, was part of a ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

If you've ever visited Cancun or Playa del Carmen in Mexico, then you’ve likely heard about the Mayans. They are the ...

When the people of Holmul added a new layer ... archaeologists called it the Tikal hiatus and chalked it up as a mystery of the ancient Maya. Archaeologists began filling in the gap in the ...

The ancient Maya feel alive everywhere you look ... especially those who lived on the kingdom’s outskirts. “I want to know how people experienced a sense of belonging,” he says. “How did they interact ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

It begins to help us imagine how people thought about their daily lives, about how they made choices.” The new findings differ from what was found when other ancient Maya regions were examined with ...

The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico ... to preserve the “historical memory of the Mayan people.” It was ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably ...

Ancient People Hunted Extinct Elephants at Tagua Tagua ... a collection of plants used in ceremonial rituals in the ancient Maya city of Yaxnohcah in Mexico. The plants, known ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe ... The first is a creator god whose name is still spoken by millions of people every fall – Huracán, or “Hurricane.” ...