From their topographical maps of the area, they determined that the civilization consisted ... their findings in 2022 in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica. The settlement had dozens of ball courts ...

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 ...

Scientists say this extensive road-and-city network, along with sophisticated ceremonial complexes, hydraulic systems and agricultural infrastructure, suggests that the ancient Maya civilization ...

In this new effort, the researchers flew over parts of Guatemala as part of a mapping effort, when they came across what they describe as a vast ancient Maya civilization. In studying their maps ...

However, like many ancient civilizations, the Maya built new structures on top of ... but also the smallest sculptures.' A 3D map of the Copan underground tunnels can be viewed below.

built just before the Maya civilization rose to prominence. Harrison-Buck and her fellow archeologists used drones and Google Earth data to map 108 kilometers of ancient channels that zigzag ...