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.

A new Mayan city has been found underground in Mexico ... This relatively new technology sends laser pulses into the ground ...

One day, while looking at a map of ancient ruins on the Yucatán Peninsula, Gadoury realized the Maya had built some of their cities inland, far from water. This was unlike most other great ...

Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from Chichén ... Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.