Yaxchilan, located on the banks of the Usumacinta River in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico, was an important Late Classic Maya centre. https://www.worldhistory.org/Yaxchilan/ #History #MayaArchitecture #MayaCivilization #Tikal

Although John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood are consistently credited with the `discovery' of the Maya Civilization, there were many who preceded them who sparked their interest in making their famous travels through Mesoamerica. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/418/early-explorers-of-the-maya-civilization-from-agui/ #History #Chacchoben #ChichenItza #MayaCivilization

Tikal, located in the north of the Petén region of Guatemala, was a major Maya city which flourished between 300 and 850 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Tikal/ #History #MayaArchitecture #MayaCivilization #Tikal

Uxmal, in north-west Yucatán, Mexico, was an important Maya city which flourished between the 6th and 10th centuries CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Uxmal/ #History #MayaArchitecture #MayaCivilization #Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

Researchers Decipher mystery of ancient Mayan calendar

The Maya calendar has an 819-day count associated with four colors and cardinal directions.

Although there have been previous attempts to link planetary associations with the 819-day count, the current four-part color cardinal directional system does not entirely match up with the synodic periods of the observable planets....

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Copán (in modern Honduras) is located on the floodplain of the river of the same name. https://www.worldhistory.org/Copan/ #History #Copan #MayaCivilization #UNESCO

The genesis of Maya civilization in Mesoamerica was marked by an effervescence in the arts, the beginnings of their written language with glyphs, and a great attention to detail in the sphere of urban planning. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1218/interview-preclassic-maya/ #History #Kukulcan #MayaArt #MayaCivilization

Chaccoben (pronounced chac-CHO-bin) is a Maya site dated to c. https://www.worldhistory.org/Chacchoben/ #History #Chacchoben #MayaArchitecture #MayaCivilization

The Maya hieroglyphic writing system was a sophisticated combination of pictographs directly representing objects and ideograms (glyphs) expressing more abstract concepts such as actions, ideas and syllabic sounds. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/655/maya-writing/ #History #ChichenItza #KinichJanaabPacal #MayaCivilization

Located in the foothills of the Chiapas altiplano of modern Mexico, Palenque was an important Maya city which flourished between c. 600 and 750 CE. The name Palenque derives from the Spanish, meaning 'fortified place', but the original Maya name, we now know, was Lakamha. Situated where the highland and coastal plains join, the site prospered as an inland trade centre which allowed Palenque to ...https://www.worldhistory.org/Palenque/ #KinichJanaabPacal #MayaCivilization #Mesoamerica

The Maya sites of San Gervasio (on the island of Cozumel) and Tulum (on the mainland of Mexico in Quintana Roo) are often overlooked for the better-known Chichen Itza or other spectacular ruins further inland but both these locations have their own vibrant story to tell and each will reward a long, leisurely, visit.I am walking with Betsy and Emily, my wife and daughter, down the sacred way (sa...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1500/the-red-handprints-of-cozumel--tulum/ #MayaArchitecture #MayaCivilization #MayaReligion