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 ...

Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures ... long-vanished cities of what was once a dense urban region has meant ...

Over the years people moved from villages to modern cities, making it ... who live in the Quiché region of Guatemala. Image caption, This image shows a Maya elder leading a spiritual ceremony.

The fall of the ancient Maya civilisation came gradually — as did the disappearance of its centres of power, each one slowly reclaimed by the creeping jungle. Mighty cities were lost for ...

Frederick Catherwood, English architect, illustrator, and adventurer, accompanied John Lloyd Stephens across Central America to explore and document Maya ruins (1839-1840 ... s ideas and methodologies ...

Within each Maya region, the Maya cleared vast areas of rainforest to make way for their cities and farms. They also redirected water to create reservoirs, canals and wetlands to support their ...