leading to the collapse of not only Tikal but dozens of cities in the southern part of the empire. A civilization dries up By the time of Tikal's decline sometime around 900, Maya civilization and ...

Golden and Scherer argue the Maya collapse was less a collapse and more a gradual process ... P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, artists, and kings that still feels present and ...

The Maya civilization’s collapse during the ninth century has long been attributed to warfare, climate change, peasant revolts or foreign invaders. Golden and Scherer argue the society was a victim of ...

250 - 900 CE The Maya civilization, known for its advanced writing system, mathematics, astronomy, and architecture, thrived in Mesoamerica. The reasons behind its collapse are still debated ...

The chemical composition of the sediment indicated periods of sparse rainfall during the Mayan decline, thought likely between AD800 and AD1000. The mysterious collapse of the ancient Mayan ...

"It's increasingly clear that this was an extraordinary period of turbulence at Tikal," study coauthor Stephen Houston, an expert on Maya civilization at Brown University, said in a statement.

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncover a Teotihuacan altar in Tikal, revealing ancient cultural and spiritual ties with the Maya ...