The Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C., and ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up That belief is very much in dispute. The Mayan "long count" calendar ...

Examination unveiled that the network had been created somewhere between 2200 and 1900 B.C.E. This is much before the rise of Mayan civilization ... right to your inbox. Sign up now.

found signs that communities in the Western Maya Lowlands of Chiapas, Mexico, likely had abundant crops when Maya civilization collapsed during the eighth and ninth centuries. The research also shows ...

Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization?

FOR DECADES, scholars have argued about what caused the so-called Maya collapse. Several million Maya lived ... unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, artists, and kings that still feels ...

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 ...

With a vast network of 70 cities, the Maya civilization in Central America enjoyed prosperity in the area's dense jungles for 2,000 years. How was the Maya civilization able to flourish in the ...

Titled Dialogue Crossing Thousands of Years: The Sanxingdui-Jinsha Civilization and the Maya Civilization Come Together, the series features scholars discussing the shared beliefs and philosophies, ...