Imagine traveling deep into the Yucatán jungle and surprising an entire village by speaking their ancient Mayan language! That’s exactly what happens in this incredible video as an American, after ...

Maya people in the Yucatán Peninsula have prepared it this way since at least 400 AD. But people have abandoned these traditions, swapping pibs for modern stoves. More from Still Standing ...

An exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., entitled "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," highlighted the ...

Over the years people moved from villages to modern cities, making it difficult ... started to destroy the Maya cities and people. The Spanish were armed with artillery, steel swords and muskets ...

In December 1973, 30 people came to the center at ... many glyphs once considered indecipherable. Scholars and the modern Maya can now read the majority of glyphs, like these from Copan.

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Ceren was a modest farming village of 200 people during the Classic period ... were at the time they were buried. Studies of ...

The food here is “modern Mayan,” and the menu of traditional dishes like xcatic pepper soup, ceviche and turkey marinated in mole, created by chef Ramón Lizaola, is one of the most exciting ...