Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest ... Place"), is the tallest building in either ancient or modern Belize. All told, in its prime, the site covered ...

The Maya civilization lasted for roughly 2,500 years ... value but also for the many mysteries that the structure poses to ...

Over the years people moved from villages to modern cities, making it difficult ... started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and muskets ...

The Mayan people’s struggle to keep their ancestral land has been described as “the fourth conquest” and like “fighting a monster”. The indigenous community has been through continuous ...

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 ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... about 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras. Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers ...