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 ...

Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures — and an entire previously unknown city ... us to map large areas very ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula ... Auld-Thomas added that LiDAR has allowed them “to map large areas very quickly, and at really ...

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.

The site is located in the central/southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula, in southern Mexico and includes the remains of the important Maya city Calakmul, set deep in the tropical forest of the ...

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.