The Maya civilisation began long ago in a place called Mesoamerica. This huge area is ... and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

The Maya civilisation began long ago in a place called Mesoamerica. This huge area is ... and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

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

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 ...

In this new archaeological study, Arthur Demarest brings the lost pre-Columbian civilization of the Maya to life. In applying a holistic perspective to the most recent evidence from archaeology, ...

Many ancient Mayan city ruins across Central America ... Most people associate this part of Mesoamerica with lush rainforests full of diverse plants and exotic animals, but they'll be shocked ...

The temple was dedicated to the great ruler Pakal, who has been called the "Mesoamerican Charlemagne ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de ...

Catherwood carefully depicts the moon looking over the scene, as the colossal head of a Maya figure gapes at the intruders hunting a jaguar, an animal that represented several forms of ancient Maya ...

Agriculture was long thought to be the biggest contributing factor toward the development of civilization in ancient Mesoamerica ... people who came before the Maya built canals in the wetlands ...

Later findings proved him right and also revealed that the Maya even had a symbol for zero, which appeared on Mesoamerican carvings ... They understand how the ancient language was spoken compared ...