On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya ... the water at the bottom of this nondescript natural well, or cenote, had acted as a sacred sundial and timekeeper for the ancient Maya ...

He plans to make a sacred altar for the Maya rain god ... These underground water channels, the largest interconnected system of this kind in the world, sustain all life in the Yucatán jungle ...

How he found the solution of the mystery of the ancient Mayan calendar, the oldest time-counting system in the world, was explained yesterday by Dr. H. J. Spinden of the Peabody Museum in an ...

Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul ... Along with settlement remains, the inter-site and intra-site roads (sacbés), defensive systems, quarries, water management features ...

Farming was at the centre of ancient Maya life. But these people are also remembered for other amazing creations, like their spectacular buildings and beautiful objects made from jade, a rare and ...