Over the years people moved from villages to modern cities, making it difficult ... started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and muskets ...

Maya people in the Yucatán Peninsula have prepared it this way since at least 400 AD. But people have abandoned these traditions, swapping pibs for modern stoves. More from Still Standing ...

At the height of the Mayan empire 1,400 years ago, the city of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala was a ... in Central America in 1517, the Mayan people had left Tikal for the surrounding jungle ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

a civilization that later came to dominate the Maya Lowlands in Central America and modern-day southern Mexico. These fish-trapping facilities would have encouraged people to gather and develop ...

In this way, dancing for the ancient and modern Maya is a method of connection, not only between people but also gods, spirits, and ancestors. The Spanish also documented the dances of the Maya.

Prufer) According to a new study, more than half of the modern Maya genome is derived from ancient ... Costa Rica and northern Colombia. “These people moved into the area in fairly small numbers ...

Over the years people moved from villages to modern cities, making it difficult ... started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and muskets ...