The king’s headgear features a headband with a jade diadem ... their identity and communicating it to others. The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural practices and strict ...
FOR DECADES, scholars have argued about what caused the so-called Maya collapse. Several million Maya lived in southeastern Mexico and northern Central America in the early 800s. A hundred years later ...
These features suggest that the sunken city played a crucial role in the social and economic organization of the region during the height of the Mayan civilization. Moreover, the use of advanced ...