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 Maya settlement, known as X’baatún ... Photos show a few of these stone ruins, partially overgrown by the rainforest. A map shows the layout of X’baatún’s core area. The settlement’s name means ...

Around eight years ago researchers uncovered the oldest and largest Mayan monumental structure in southern Mexico. The site was uncovered after scientists shot lasers from a plane to map a ...

Draw a map of your own Maya city. Create a key to show where important places are on your map. Mayan masks were made from a variety of natural materials such as wood, volcanic rock, gold and shell.

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...