Maya, civilisation

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The Maya were native people (referred to as Indians) of Mesoamerica who, prior to the Spanish conquest of the region, had one of the greatest civilisations in the Western Hemisphere. They were an agricultural people who worked gold and copper, built massive stone buildings and pyramid temples, and used a form of hieroglyphic writing that has now, for the most part, been deciphered.