Tikal’s great plaza, at the heart of what was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas, is surrounded by monumental structures: the stepped terraces of the North Acropolis, festooned with ...

Discover how scientists have cracked the code of the ancient Maya eclipse calendar, revealing their stunning ability to predict solar and lunar eclipses with remarkable precision. This breakthrough ...

Lamanai is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in the ancient Maya world, lasting from early preclassic times into the colonial period. But what made it different from other Maya cities ...

Maya culture never really collapsed. It simply adapted to changing circumstances, writes Dr. Pablo Mumary.

The modern study of Maya civilization owes much to Uaxactun in northern Guatemala. It was there in 1916 that Sylvanus Morley, an American archaeologist and erstwhile spy, rediscovered a ruined city ...

Volcanoes and jungle, a richly varied habitat / Nikolai Grube -- Cacao, the beverage of the gods / Nikolai Grube -- The origins of Maya civilization : the beginning of village life / Norman Hammond -- ...

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