Many tourists (1) ... visit Central America find it surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there. Although it is true that their ancient civilization (2) ... to an end when their country was taken over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried on living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas who live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan populations as (3) ... .