As the Maya built out their society even further, they laid the foundations for complex trade networks ... where more than 30 languages stemming from ancient Mayan are still spoken.

The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...

Bones and teeth from a 3,000-year-old Maya site in Guatemala now offer some of the earliest evidence in the Americas for the trade in ... Photo Ark Not so in ancient Mesoamerica, however, where ...

economic and trade problems and possibly also epidemics and societal instability as well as invasions and wars. However, as a people, the Maya and much of their ancient culture continued – and ...

However, before it was called Tulum, this ancient city had a more poetic name ... a ceremonial center—it played a critical role in Mayan trade and navigation. Positioned strategically along ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in northern Guatemala, revealing a treasure trove of ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious ... to the view that this was not light contact, or mere trade. It involved belligerent forces building an enclave ...

Ancient Maya cities like Tikal and Cerén were heavily ... so the element may have gotten into Maya hands via the trade routes that stretched across Mesoamerica. Mercury concentrations were ...