The Maya Classic Period, the civilization’s high-water mark that lasted for more than 600 years, gave rise to cultural and artistic achievements and learning that defined it as one of the ancient ...

Much of the scholarship on ancient Maya clothing and adornment focuses on the Classic period (A.D. 250–900), when the Maya population grew dramatically, and royal courts, with their flamboyant ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

which represent important iconographic symbols of the ancient Maya culture. The stucco reliefs are believed to date from the Early Classic period, around 500-600 AD, potentially towards the end of ...

The Maya kings became the high priests during the Classic period (250-900 AD). During the post Classic period (950-1539 AD) gods and human sacrifice were even more important. The Maya believed the ...

The burning event was part of a political act that simultaneously rejected a Late Classic (ca. 600–810 CE) Maya dynasty and instantiated a new era of political order on the eve of the Terminal ...

Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city and the only Maya city ... this white-stoned city reached its peak during the Late Classic Period, from about 680 to 770. Two acropolises with temples ...

Researchers say Palenque dates to the Early Classic (A.D. 200-600) period, but most knowledge about ... to build the first time line of rulers of a Maya city—one that, while impressive, is ...

A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period, Palenque was at its height between AD 500 and 700, when its influence extended throughout the basin of the Usumacinta River. The elegance ...

A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period, Palenque was at its height between AD 500 and 700, when its influence extended throughout the basin of the Usumacinta River. The elegance ...