Caracol's largest structure, the 138-foot Caana ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient or modern Belize ... that time, few Maya apparently lived in the region, probably because ...

At the height of the Mayan empire 1,400 years ago, the city of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala was ... the entire region ruled by the Maya began suffering droughts — at least eight in the century ...

Jade Skirt in 1150: We now live further North than my ancestors, in new cities like ... three generations of Maya women from the Ixil community, who live in the Quiché region of Guatemala.

The Maya civilization ... city that dominated the region during the Late Classic Period (600–900 CE). At its peak, it housed ...

Instead, they say it was the work of artists trained 630 miles away in Teotihuacan – a powerful city close to modern-day Mexico City that exerted a strong influence over the region. Before this ...