Starting around 200 BCE, the architects of the Roman Empire were building impressive concrete structures that ... “The concrete was so well designed that it sustains itself.” At Copan, a Maya site in ...
Roman building traditions—and has a stubborn association with political power.
Ancient Roman concrete, first used in 3rd century BCE harbors for its water resistance, was vital to the Colosseum's ...
Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...
The Maya people are remembered for amazing creations, like their spectacular buildings and beautiful ... including Stonehenge, to Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.
Archaeologists located a number of buildings including this one with stone steps Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient Maya city deep in the jungle of the Yucatán ...
Fascinated by scholars' writings on the Maya and by new advancements in photography, Maudslay set out to create as complete a record as possible of the civilization's architecture and art.
Mixter, David W. 2020. Community Resilience and Urban Planning during the Ninth-Century Maya Collapse: A Case Study from Actuncan, Belize. Cambridge Archaeological ...
Students and volunteers excavated a suspected Roman ... Maya ruins — once home to the elite — unearthed in Mexico. Take a look Just below the surface, the team uncovered a long, narrow ...