The carvings were part of an ancient Mesoamerican game. Archaeologists excavated the 1,000-year-old ceremonial building in Xpujil as part of the Maya Train construction, Mexico’s National ...

The site boasts the largest carved Maya stela, a 65-ton behemoth known ... the 138-foot Caana ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient or modern Belize. All told, in its prime ...

The descendants of the ancient Maya, who long ago lost the ability to ... The stelae are no help—the collapse seems to have ended most of the carving. Most likely, researchers speculate, a ...

They understand how the ancient language was spoken compared to modern Maya and have begun to grasp the lost civilization's traditions by reading the stories carved on walls and painted on pottery.

and some have tunnels carved into their sides. In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a ...

It's called this because, at the top, there used to be a large carving of king Jasaw Chan ... Looking for more ways to introduce your class to ancient Maya? In this short video clip, Akbal ...

There, sitting on elaborately carved stone benches in small vaulted rooms ... identified this site and the surrounding 100 acres as a major city in the ancient Maya kingdom Sak Tz’i’ (White Dog).

It's called this because, at the top, there used to be a large carving of king Jasaw Chan ... Looking for more ways to introduce your class to ancient Maya? In this short video clip, Akbal ...