Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

“The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them ... which eventually propelled the Mayan kingdom to its most powerful point, before it declined around 900 AD.

Old Human-Sized Intricately Carved Mayan Mask Discovered, Made of Lime-Based Plaster Archaeologists have found several ...

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A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period, Palenque was at its height between AD 500 and 700, when its influence extended throughout the basin of the Usumacinta River. The elegance ...

The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The ...