Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

The Maya civilization is one of the biggest and most famous of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. For over 3,000 years, the Mayas lived throughout the Maya Region, which consisted of ...

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Across southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, ancient Maya cities lie scattered like puzzle pieces waiting to be ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Maya civilisation lasted a long time. In Britain at this time, Stonehenge was constructed, the Romans invaded ...

The rich blue color does not fade over time; it has maintained its vibrancy even in the harsh tropical forests of southern ...

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

1,600-year-old child remains found at a Maya altar Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong What really ...

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 ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), in collaboration with the Government of Mexico, announced today it is facilitating ...

Once one of the most magnificent city-states of the Maya civilization, Chichen Itza now stands quietly amid the jungle, waiting for the world to visit and listen to its stories. I walked with my ...

The altar—and the wealthy household behind the courtyard it once adorned—stands just a few blocks from the center of Tikal, one of the most powerful cities of Maya civilization. But the altar ...