A kid-friendly, interactive site about the Mesoamerican ballgame - you can watch and play the game.
This site (in Spanish) provides 360 degree panoramas of Palenque and Yachilan’s major temples and a tour of Pakal’s tomb.
Simple tool to convert our dates to the Maya Calendar.
Provides an interactive summary of PBS NOVA’s excellent film about the steps taken to decipher the Maya glyphs.
The definitive Maya resource - includes glyph dictionaries, a guide to writing glyphs, the fabulous Linda Schele drawings, and down-loadable versions of the Maya codices.
Photographs from a wide range of Maya sites - with site maps.
A broad introduction to the modern and ancient Maya. Includes lots of photographs and a guide to writing your name in glyphs.
MesoAmerican Art Slide Collection
Manuel Aguilar’s Mesoamerican art: lush and evocative photographs of Maya sites and people.
A rich and in-depth mixture of articles, photographs and information on the Maya. Includes a game.
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
Overview of the exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya - for kids
16 page color guide for kids to accompany the National Gallery exhibit.
Collapse, why do civilizations fall?
A look at the collapse of the Maya civilization.
A comprehensive guide to major Maya site.
Links to the best free Maya lesson plans on the web.
Overview of Maya glyph writing with Maya syllabary and links to a range of Maya sites.
Other interesting links -
Web site of Max Murphy’s favorite band - The Plague Rats.
A website of authors who write kid’s books
Guatemalan campaign to save the jaguar from extinction and maintain one of its last remaining habitats - the Maya Jungle. (site is in Spanish)
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