Golden says it’s a mystery ... The Maya civilization’s collapse during the ninth century has long been attributed to warfare, climate change, peasant revolts or foreign invaders. Golden and Scherer ...

But when the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Central America in 1517, the Mayan people had left Tikal for the surrounding jungle, and its limestone ... prosperous civilization would pull up ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture ... they noted the ongoing debate on this 819-day count and its potential purpose. The new insight by Linden and ...

In Guatemala’s Tikal National Park, which was once the center of the Maya civilization ... Despite this, however, its original builders remain unidentified, and the reasons for its abandonment remain ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...

One of Civilization 7's biggest changes to the decades-old series formula is its new Age system ... Science Victory should consider choosing the Maya. Civilization 7's Maya Is The Perfect Choice ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

"It's increasingly clear that this was an extraordinary period of turbulence at Tikal," study coauthor Stephen Houston, an expert on Maya civilization ... place known for its striking limestone ...

Tikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, reached its peak between 200 and 900 AD when Mayan culture encompassed parts of what are now Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Teotihuacan ...

In recent years, several artifacts found at Tikal, Guatemala's biggest archaeological site, testify to the influence of Teotihuacan -- an important site of cultural exchange and innovation in ...