The details of Ancient Maya religion and the nuances of Maya culture are now shrouded in mystery. Scholars typically agree ...

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 ...

Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of ... ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics ...