This effectively meant that class mobility was rather difficult for the Maya. Maya religion spanned the entirety of the Maya Region. The Mayas were polytheistic, with a wide variety of gods.

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Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the ancient “milpa” system of the Maya revealed ...

For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan ... The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of Religion News Service.) The Conversation religion ...

The Maya haven’t disappeared. Just as the fall of Rome didn't meant the end of Romans, the decline of great Maya metropolises, such as Guatemala’s Tikal, which reached its apex in the ninth ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

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 ...