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 ...

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 ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

We already know that the Maya turned swamps into breadbaskets ... enough fish each year to feed around 15,000 people. That’s based on modern estimates of how many kilograms of fish people ...

during the Classic Period of ancient Maya history. At its peak from 750 to 850 CE, Valeriana may have been home to up to ...