In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America ... the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better ...

This huge area is made up of Mexico and part of Central America. As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in ... even built their cities as a map of the sky!

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén ... The heart of the site is the Grand Plaza, which is surrounded by the Central Acropolis, the North Acropolis, and Temples ...