A few feet away, Maya stingless bees swarm around a honey ... As a summer intern on a field-school dig in Belize, he uncovered a small ridged tube he was sure was an ancient artifact. He rushed to ...

They were obscured by the natural landscape of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS), the largest inland wetland in Belize ... used by pre-Maya people and their descendants. The ancient Maya ...

Caves were sacred to the ancient Maya, who saw them as portals to Xibalba, the underworld. Belize is home to hundreds ... for the way small groups of people can make a difference in the world.

The team then conducted digs in Belize's Crooked Tree ... a link between the earlier people on the landscape and the later emergence of Maya culture. These ancient channels for catching fish ...

It begins to help us imagine how people thought about their daily lives, about how they made choices.” The new findings differ from what was found when other ancient Maya regions were examined with ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya ... (Belize's entire population is only about twice this today.) Caracol's largest structure, the 138-foot Caana ("Sky Place"), is the tallest building in either ...

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

Drive about 70 miles west of Belize City and you'll discover a cluster of ancient Maya sites ... was once a civic ceremonial center for the Maya people. From there, you'll likely want to drive ...