The Mayan Civilization

Who were the Maya? Why did the Maya build temples? What was Mayan writing like? How did the Maya dress? Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions and all there is to know about ancient Maya, the most dominant civilisation of Mesopotamia covering what is now Guatemala, Belize and parts of Mexico. Find out how to make a pictorial timeline of important Mayan kings, construct your own model pyramid, based on a real Mayan one and find out ways to make delicious Mayan meals. There are also mysteries and puzzles for you to solve as you follow the detective’s trail back to the age of the Maya. Discover how the Maya excelled at agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making and mathematics, and left behind an astonishing amount of impressive architecture and symbolic artwork. Find out about this civilisation at its height and its eventual decline.