As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.
Read about Tikal National Park in Guatemala below, then click on the main image, or here, to begin a slideshow about the region. Origin: Archaeologists believe the Maya settled the area as early as ...
Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a site of expansive Mayan ruins deep in the jungle, in the rainforests of ...
The Guatemalan government announced the discovery of an ancient Teotihuacan altar in Tikal National Park, shedding new light on the interactions between the Teotihuacan and Mayan cultures, as well as ...