Tikal Temple I, the grandest of them all, is an exemplary piece of Mayan architecture. But, with a city so big more than just one temple was needed to connect with the gods: the city itself had to ...

The ancient Maya civilisation first emerged sometime before 2000BC in an area that today comprises south-eastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.

And instead of looking like typical Mayan architecture, the buildings were nearly identical to ones found in Teotihuacan, a rival city-state more than 600 miles away in what is now Mexico City.

The Ceibal structure was believed to display the oldest Mayan architecture before Aguada Fénix was found. The Aguada Fénix site features a man-made plateau which measures 4,593-feet long and is ...

Archaeologists seek secrets beneath ancient Mayan pyramids 8 years ago 1:46 Trying to uncover why temples were built above aquifers ...

Over 100,000 people lived there, each skilled in specific trades like labour, service, architecture, and trade. Tikal would have had its own King or Queen who would have communed with the gods on ...