Here are 7 hidden gems that offer a glimpse into the mysterious world of the Maya civilization ... which is the tallest ...

The mysterious collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization has been attributed ... Experts surmise that monsoons may have skipped over the Yucatan Peninsula during these periods, leading to eventua ...

The Mayan civilization flourished mainly around the Yucatan Peninsula and other parts of the world, including Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, from around 1000 B.C. through the 16th century A.D ...

The groups also asked that the government agree to a request from the Mayan peoples for a moratorium on all approvals of new industrial pig farms and expansions until the issues of the rights of the ...

These and other questions involving the Maya people’s relation to their gods, their sacred city, and their extraordinarily accurate calendar were what the two archaeologists were investigating.

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 ...

For that reason, Sac Actun now absorbs Dos Ojos. The Yucatan peninsula of Mexico is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew upon an extensive network of sinkholes ...

Spinden '06, Curator of the Peabody Museum, has just returned from a three months' expedition in the Yucatan ... solution of the Mayan riddle. What was already known of these people as well ...