Mystery Solved? Why a Maya City Vanished Despite Having Plenty of Water

For hundreds of years, people thought the ancient Maya civilization collapsed because of terrible droughts, but scientists just discovered something surprising—one major Maya city called Itzan actually had plenty of water when it mysteriously emptied out! This means the real reason cities disappeared was probably more complicated, involving wars, people moving away, and economic troubles spreading like dominoes from city to city. It's like solving a puzzle where the obvious answer turns out to be completely wrong!