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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

Find out who the ancient Maya were, where they lived and what they did. What were homes in the ancient Maya civilisation like? Find out what Maya homes were made of and what they looked like.

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 ...

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.

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 ...