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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ..

In applying a holistic perspective to the most recent evidence from archaeology, paleoecology, and epigraphy, this theoretical interpretation emphasises both the brilliant rain forest adaptations of ...

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 ...

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 ...