the longest reigning Maya king in history. What happened to the Mayas? Discover what happened to the Maya people and explore some possible causes for their decline. Who were the ancient Maya?

Image caption, Maya people were very clever. They invented the most well-developed system of writing in Mesoamerica, calendars that helped them to farm crops throughout the year and built cities ...

When the people of Holmul added a new layer ... And then, all of a sudden, we were in the middle of the most exciting part of Maya history.” The story of the discovery of the Kaanul, or Snakes ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest ... Spanish for "place of the ceiba tree," Seibal had a checkered history. First inhabited in the Middle Preclassic ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history ... of the emancipation of Black people. It highlighted the divergence between the ...

getty (2) Maya Rudolph is reflecting on what it was like growing up in the entertainment industry once people found out who her mother was. On Monday, April 22, the Bridesmaids actress ...

The Development of Railway Unions in the US and the UK,” Social Science History (forthcoming). Maya's research interests lie in comparative methods, social movements, law and labour, state formation, ...