Part of our weekly "In Focus" series—stepping back, looking closer. Every civilization has its rise and fall. But no culture has fallen quite like the Maya Empire, seemingly swallowed by the jungle ...

Maya farming was successful because of the accurate and detailed calendars people used. The Tzolkin calendar was also known as the Sacred calendar. It was 260 days long and it was used to keep track ...

I am Jade Skirt and welcome to my family’s farm, not everyone lives in the city you know. We live and sleep in one big room covered by a thatched palm leaf roof. There are no windows, just one open ...