The ancient Maya controlled vast swaths of territory from southern Mexico down into Central America for thousands of years. Famous kingdoms like Tikal, Mayapan and others spread throughout Mesoamerica ...

Find out which foods the ancient Maya grew and the importance of their calendars in farming with this year 3/4 BBC Bitesize primary history guide.

These advancements in agriculture and urban development are now known as the Maya’s Preclassic period between 1500 and 200 B.C. ( This massive Mayan ceremonial complex was discovered in "plain ...

For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation.

Farming was really important to the Maya. Most people grew their own crops in small fields. Farmers grew many kinds of crops at the same time, such as maize , beans and squash .

The Mayan language is a vehicle to rescue the knowledge that grandmothers and grandfathers have. Through it we can learn the details of traditional gastronomy, astronomy, agriculture and natural ...

The world the Maya made has been shrouded by jungle for centuries. Now, a tool called lidar is revealing its staggering scale and sophistication. ... agricultural terraces, and irrigation canals.

More Mayan sites have been found in the last 10 years than in the preceding 150. ... They created large pyramids and stone structures, managed agriculture and kept records using writing.

Archeologists in Mexico have discovered a huge, lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche -- a sprawling, urban settlement replete with ...