To Masson, Delgado Kú, and their colleagues, Mayapan’s story contradicts the idea that the Maya disappeared, or even that the ...

The ancient Maya civilization is renowned for its sophisticated culture, complex rituals, and intricate relationship with the ...

likely had abundant crops when Maya civilization collapsed during the eighth and ninth centuries. The research also shows the region’s three main kingdoms were each functioning in very different ways.

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 ...

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

After two years of dialogue and coordinated work between the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and ejidal ...

Find out who the ancient Maya were, where they lived and what they did. What were homes in the ancient Maya civilisation like? Find out what Maya homes were made of and what they looked like.

A national park in Belize has deep roots in Mayan healing traditions. Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense. I ...

Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life For ...