This site provides various pictures of the numerous temples in the Mayan city of Tikal.

Numerous photographs of the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal.

Color images of the Palace of Sculptured Columns at Chichen Itza and the Osario (High Priest's Grave).

This site from Villanova University contains many pictures of the Mayan City of Chichen Itza. Click on each thumbnail to enlarge.

A basic, illustrated description of the math system developed by the Mayans. Includes a paragraph comparing the Mayan system favorably with the Roman numeral system of the same time.

While brief, this simple explanation of the Mayan calendar may clarify for some how its two cycles work together.

Extremely brief examination of the belief of the Mayans in bloodletting and human sacrifice.

A map of the Yucatan Peninsula showing the explorations of Dr. Desire Charney in 1882. The map shows the Mayan sites visited, including Palenque, Uxmal, Kabah, Acanceh, Ake, Izamal, and Chichenitza, and the territories of the Lacandon...

This site explains the Mathematical models used by the Mayan. You can see the traditional designs that Indians were using in their paintings and ceramic in the search for their calendars, their models of the cosmos and their mathematical...

This site from the University of St. Andrews provides indepth information about the mathematics of the Mayan civilization, and shows just how advanced they were.

View photographs of pre-Columbian Maya architecture in the regions from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.

Although the purpose of this report is to provide an outline for a thesis, it offers a brief snyopsis of the importance and significance of the Temple of New Fire for the Mayans.

Map shows the locations of Mayan sites in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

This site from the Virtual Sun gives a detailed account of the geographical region once inhabited by the Maya People. It describes the landscape, climate, and altitude.

This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatan peninsula. Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left their mark on the city. The Maya and Toltec vision of the world and the universe is...

The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatan, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The Pyramid of the Soothsayer, as the...

While brief, this simple explanation of the Mayan calendar may clarify for some how its two cycles work together.

In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as...

Discovered in 1570 by Diego Garcia de Palacio, the ruins of Copan, one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization, were not excavated until the 19th century. The ruined citadel and imposing public squares reveal the three main...

Excavation of tomb indicates the occupant was elite as indicated by wooden snake. Several Mayan artifacts are pictured.

Study indicates that Palenque aquaducts were part of city planning and suggests reasons that Mayans would choose the existing plan. Many photographs of the aquaduct are included.

Comprehensive discussion of what the discovery of stairway steps adds to history of the site and the culture. Writings on steps give new insights to Myan politics, trade, war, and the collapse of the civilization.

Mesoweb provides a timeline that shows which cultures existed when in Mesoamerica and where.

This site is a personal account of an artist's trip to do Mayan rubbings. Includes images of the rubbings.