Negotiations broke down, and in early 1695, Spanish troops aided by Maya allies occupied Sac Balam without needing to engage in battle. The Spanish renamed the city Our Lady of Sorrows.

The phenomenon of the Spanish Conquest of the Maya region suggests strongly that, in the process of socio-cultural transformation, 'religion' has no meaning as a concept with its own particular ...

Maya influence can be detected from Honduras, Guatemala, and western El Salvador to as far away as central Mexico, more than 1,000km from the Maya area. The Maya peoples never disappeared.

Archaeologists in Mexico have finally discovered the 'Land of the White Jaguar,' a stronghold for Maya rebels for nearly 110 ...

In the 16th century, however, the Spanish invaders described vast numbers of books on a range of topics in use by the Maya. Their loss is attributable to the Spanish friars, who believed all Maya ...

Comments Bookmark Cancún - Mexican archaeologists have unearthed 47 human bones that showed the hunger and misery that the Maya endured after the arrival of Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century.

Cancún - Mexican archaeologists have unearthed 47 human bones that showed the hunger and misery that the Maya endured after the arrival of Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century. The discovery in ...