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 ...

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

Unveil the lost civilizations in history: once thriving centers of innovation, their whereabouts ceased to exist without ...

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 ...

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.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan. - Mar., 1927 New Light on the Discovery of Yucatan, a... New Light on the Discovery of Yucatan, and ...

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 ...

The Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C., and extended through what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras. During the civilization's peak, from A.D ...

Fascinated by scholars' writings on the Maya and by new advancements in photography, Maudslay set out to create as complete a record as possible of the civilization's architecture and art.