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 also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and bark paper. Using an interactive map, visit 15 of the better ...

A stone slab covered with 123 hieroglyphic cartouches discovered at an ancient Maya pyramid in Mexico might not be a treasure map to a lost city, but it comes incredibly close. The discovery ...

That the Maya built their cities ... where the teen thought the mystery city might be. Lo and behold, there was something there: geometric edges on the map that could be the ruins of a missing ...

A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

The Maya people are remembered ... and is one of the oldest parts of the city. They were experts at reading the stars and even built their cities as a map of the sky! They were also inspired ...

Tomb of Hasaw Chan K’awil, a mighty king, who freed our city from its enemies! Maya society was very complex. There were hundreds of cities. Different classes including: commoners, a middle ...