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 ...

Laser surveys have revealed a massive centuries-old Maya city in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula ... including pyramids like the ...

Some are more famous than others, but there’s none more famous than Chichen Itza Mayan Ruins ... pyramids similar to those at ...

This is the city of Tikal. Many years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. 'Yax Mutal' was one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya.

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 ...