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 ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala ... and history of art and architecture at Brown, who co-authored the paper.

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 ...