In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America ... the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

Ancient Mayan Civilization, which lasted from around 7000-2000 B.C., still marks Guatemala today. Traces of the indigenous people of Mexico and Central America, whose rich culture and tradition ...

Previous deliberations: The Secretariat informed the Committee at its twenty-second session of damage caused by Hurricane Mitch to some World Heritage properties in Central America ... Archaeological ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén ... The heart of the site is the Grand Plaza, which is surrounded by the Central Acropolis, the North Acropolis, and Temples ...