Archaeologists believe the massive city was a political capital based on the presence of large, civic buildings similar to ...

The explorer Jacques Soustelle called Bonampak "a pictorial encyclopedia of a Mayan city ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas ...

The world is littered with the relics of past civilizations, but not all of them are out in the open like the pyramids, some ...

There's also strong evidence that the Mayan approach to forestry and water management could have added to the the dry spells. Their methods may have worked while cities were still growing ...

Yax Mutal' was one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya. You are now standing ... shares many similarities with the traditional Mayan language. Image caption, In the seventh century ...

Along with other children, I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices. I ran my hands along the walls, imagining that if I pressed a stone ...

The cave is filled with hundreds of monumental relics from the ancient Mayan civilisation ... monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network of sinkholes ...

Image caption, Here is an ancient ball court. The games that the Mayas played here would have settled arguments between different cities. The city is surrounded by jungle. From the sky you can ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath ... a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy ...