Whether it's Tulum with its breathtaking ocean view, Cobá with its jungle setting and climbable pyramid, or Chichén Itzá with ...

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 ...

During a study of the local reefs, researchers detected perfectly aligned geometric structures about 100 feet deep, indicating advanced urban planning by the Mayan civilization. Preliminary images ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of ... The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing ...