The city of Copán is home to some of the most artistically complex stelas created by ancient Maya people. These objects bear intricate high- and low-relief carvings that span their entire surfaces.

Now we call them “stelae” and altars, and understand that these limestone reliefs are commemorative monuments commissioned by Maya rulers detailing their accomplishments during the Classic Period (250 ...

Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city and the only Maya city ... Beginning in 725, Quiriguá came under the power of Copan; in that year, Copan ruler 18 Rabbit named Cauac Sky as ruler of ...

The Mayan civilization, which flourished in southeastern Mexico and Guatemala, has been excavated in large numbers even today. The great Mayan city of Copan, discovered in the jungles of western ...

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One of the many things the ancient Maya are remembered for is their ball ... Image caption, This is the ball court in Copan. It was demolished and rebuilt three times, the latest version dating ...

The stelae at Quiriguá were taller than those at Copán. The tallest stela in the Maya world is actually Stela E from Quiriguá, stretching 35 feet or 10.7 metres high. Unfortunately, the explorers were ...

Yet Maya men did wear long tunics in religious ceremonies, and scholars now accept that this is one of Copán’s most famous rulers, King Waxaklajun Ub’aah K’awiil, in the guise of a maize god.

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...