How the Maya lived
By Angelo
What to know
The ancient Mayans lived in what is now known as southern Mexico and northern Central America including Guatemala,Belize ,Honduras , Yucatan Peninsula and El Salvador. Their descendants still live there today, and many of them speak the Mayan languages.Two thousand years ago, the ancient Maya developed one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas. They also made a language and invented a mathematical concept of zero.