Distinguished by its highly expressive relief sculpture, Palenque comprises ... which means "low hill" in Maya. Puuc blends ornate stone mosaics and cornices with vaulted arches and rows of ...

The greatest Maya cities had tens of thousands of inhabitants, and at their centre were pyramids, public monuments and palaces. Our stone sculpture of the queen lacerating her tongue comes from ...

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...