In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique calendar ...

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 ancient Maya civilization conquered the territories ... Each of the three reliefs offers a vision of the mythological and ...

Titled Dialogue Crossing Thousands of Years: The Sanxingdui-Jinsha Civilization and the Maya Civilization Come Together, the series features scholars discussing the shared beliefs and philosophies, ...