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 ...

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 ...

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.

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

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 ...

Hunter-gatherers constructed these complex networks about 4,000 years ago, during the Archaic period, a time before people in the region ... the Maya Lowlands in Central America and modern-day ...