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 ...

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 ...

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.