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 ...

Draw a map of your own Maya city. Create a key to show where important places are on your map. Mayan masks were made from a variety of natural materials such as wood, volcanic rock, gold and shell.

As we continue in our quest to care for our planet, our enhanced understanding to how past civilizations reacted to climatic events is crucial.

Maya society was very complex with hundreds of ... They were experts at reading the stars and even built their cities as a map of the sky! They were also inspired by the creatures of the forest ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...