Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of ... partially overgrown by the rainforest. A map shows the layout of ...

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 ...

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...

Archaeologists mapping the well-preserved Maya settlement of X’baatún found ... partially overgrown by the rainforest. A map shows the layout of X’baatún’s core area.