Maya
The ancient Maya were a group of American Indian peoples who lived in southern Mexico, particularly thepresent-day states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo, and in Belize, Guatemala,and adjacent Honduras. Their descendants, the modern Maya, live in the same regions today, in ....
Maya Civilization
The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originating in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras, El Salvador, and northern Belize. Building on the progress of earlier ....
The Great Maya Civilization
There is controversial debate between historians about whether or not the Mayan civilization was advanced and highly literate, and if their intelligence is overrated. Mayans have lived in Central America for approximately three thousand years, and were unquestionably the most advanced civilizatio....