Download or read book Fall of the Ancient Maya written by David Webster and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Maya civilization thrived in the tropics of Central America for more than a thousand years and produced some of the world's finest architecture and art. Then it mysteriously vanished, leaving a landscape of ruins smothered by forests. The Classic Maya collapse is one of the great puzzles of history, ranking alongside the Fall of Rome as an enigma that has intrigued scholars for generations.