The Classic Maya civilization grew to about 40 cities at ... 250 A.D. This is the period when we saw the reign of cities like Tikal, Bonampak, Calakmul and Palenque. Each city had anywhere from ...

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 ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...

Just as Tikal dominated the Maya lowlands for centuries ... It wasn’t a big city—maybe 10,000 people—but it was a beacon of civilization and a gateway for trade to the west, a prime target ...

Going to war and buying and selling things were important parts of Maya society. Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...