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 ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula ... Auld-Thomas added that LiDAR has allowed them “to map large areas very quickly, and at really ...

Draw a map of your own Maya city. Create a key to show where important places are on your map. Mayan masks were made from a variety of natural materials such as wood, volcanic rock, gold and shell.

Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from Chichén ... Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.