FOR KIDS
Ballgame: a kid-friendly, interactive site about the Mesoamerican ballgame.
Courtly Art of the ancient Maya - for kids: excellent pdf brochure on the Maya
Maya kids: broad easily digestible Maya site for kids
GENERAL MAYA RESOURCE SITES
Famsi: 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.
Mesoweb: articles, photographs and information on the Maya.
Lesson Plan Links: links to the best free Maya lesson plans on the web.
Collapse, why do civilizations fall? a look at the collapse of the Maya civilization.
NASA Earth Observatory: the Maya and the environment
MAYA CALENDAR
Calendar Tools: simple tool to convert our dates to the Maya Calendar.
The Maya Calendar: comprehensive look at the Maya calendar includes conversion tools
Maya 3D calendar: fabulous Maya calendar app for the iPad or iPhone
MAYA LANGUAGE & GLYPHS
Cracking the Maya Code: clips of PBS NOVA’s excellent film about deciphering the Maya glyphs.
Omniglot: overview of Maya glyph writing with Maya syllabary and links to a range of Maya sites.
Ancient Scripts: Writing systems in the ancient world
2012
2012 - frequently asked questions: Mark Van Stone provides insightful answers.
A brief history of the apocalypse: 2012 is just another point in a line of doomsday hysteria.
Debunking Doomsday 2012: a realistic look at the 2012 issues.
What will not happen in 2012: some particularly insightful comments by David Stewart
2012 - skeptics vs believers: an easily digestible look at both sides of the controversy
MAYA ART
Frederick Catherwood’s house: online portfolio of Catherwood’s superb illustrations
Images of the Maya: traditional woven textiles from the highlands of Chiapas.
Maya art pages: 130 photographs of Maya vase painting and a photographic journey of Copan
MesoAmerican Art: lush and evocative photographs of Maya sites and people.
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya: from the exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
MAYA SITES
Maya Ruins: photographs from a wide range of Maya sites - with site maps.
OTHER INTERESTING LINKS
Plague Rats: web site of Max Murphy’s favorite band - The Plague Rats.
America writes for kids: website of authors who write kid’s books
Salva Balam: Guatemalan campaign to save the jaguar from extinction and maintain one of its last remaining habitats - the Maya Jungle. (site is in Spanish)
