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Land of the Maya

Mayan culture thrived between A.D. 250 and 800.

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Land of the Maya

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  1. Over four inches of snow covers the ground around the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, as seen through the terrace, after a nor'easter struck with high winds and heavy precipitation in many of the same communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, in New York November 8, 2012. REUTERS-Chip Eas

  2. The ruins of the Maya temples of the ancient city of Tikal, December 14, 2012. REUTERS-Mike McDonald

  3. Mayan priests and priestesses during a ceremony at the Kaminaljuyu archaeological site in Guatemala City, December 29, 2011.REUTERS-William Gularte

  4. A Ch'orti' woman and a baby, descendants of the ancient Maya civilization of Copan, in Carrizalon, Honduras, December 18, 2012.REUTERS-Jorge Cabrera

  5. Tourists climb the Maya pyramid of Nohoch Mul at the archaeological site of Coba, Mexico, December 15, 2012. REUTERS-Victor Gerardo Ruiz Garci

  6. Visitors tour the archaeological site of the Maya civilization of Copan, Honduras, December 19, 2012. REUTERS-Jorge Cabrera

  7. An indigenous Mayan prays during a ceremony to mark the start of the year 5,128 of the Tzolkin Maya calendar at the Iximche archaeological site, February 22, 2012. REUTERS-William Gularte

  8. A Ch'orti' girl, a descendant of the ancient Maya civilization of Copan, stands outside her home in Carrizalon, Honduras, December 18, 2012.REUTERS-Jorge Cabrera

  9. A Mayan woman marches in a protest for indigenous rights in Guatemala City, March 31, 2009. REUTERS-Daniel LeClair

  10. The Kukulkan pyramid stands at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, July 7, 2007. REUTERS-Victor Ruiz

  11. Workers restore artwork inside a Maya structure at the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle, Guatemala August 25, 2009. REUTERS-Daniel LeClair

  12. Archaeologist Richard Hanson holds an arrowhead found in the temple known as Tigre inside the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle, Guatemala, August 25, 2009. REUTERS-Daniel LeClair

  13. A Maya woman smokes during the Oxlajuj Batz ceremony to celebrate the end of the Maya calendar in the ceremonial center of Kaminal Juyu in Guatemala City, December 12, 2012.REUTERS-William Gularte

  14. Archaeologist Federico Castaneda holds a cup with religious carvings found in the royal tomb of the Mayan Queen Kalomt'e K'abel, wife of the King Wak, K'inich Bahlam II, October 5, 2012. The tomb is located in the archaeological site El Peru in Laguna del Tigre National Park in Peten, north of Guatemala City. REUTERS-Jorge Dan Lopez

  15. People of Maya descent are seen in the village of Xul, Mexico, December 16, 2012. REUTERS-Victor Gerardo Ruiz Garcia

  16. A view of a Maya temple at the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle, Guatemala, August 24, 2009. REUTERS-Daniel LeClair

  17. A Ch'orti' woman, a descendant of the ancient Maya civilization of Copan, sorts beans at her home in Carrizalon, Honduras, December 18, 2012. REUTERS-Jorge Cabrer

  18. A tourist walks on Maya ruins at the archaeological site of Coba, Mexico, December 15, 2012. REUTERS-Victor Gerardo Ruiz Garci

  19. A Mayan priestess kneels next to a ceremonial fire at the Kaminaljuyu archaeological site in Guatemala City, December 29, 2011.REUTERS-William Gularte

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