Deep among Guatemala's northern rainforests is the Tikal complex of Mayan ruins. A Mayan city known as Yax Mutal, the capital ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city ... features murals of battle scenes and village life. Tulum was the largest Maya ...

This is the city of Tikal. Many years ago it ... many similarities with the traditional Mayan language. Image caption, In the seventh century, this village was buried under ash when a nearby ...

This is the city of Tikal. Many years ago it ... many similarities with the traditional Mayan language. Image caption, In the seventh century, this village was buried under ash when a nearby ...