On the sun-baked, limestone slab of the Yucatan, crumbling pyramids rise to reflect the ancient Maya’s place in the celestial order. The ruined Mayan city of Chichen Itza is a monument to the heavens, ...

The Temple of the Inscriptions at the ruins of the Maya city of Palenque, in Chiapas, Mexico. Photograph by Jon G. Fuller, VWPics/Redux Nestled in the jungles of the Yucatán, about 45 minutes from ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites – some of which are still being ...

A new museum at Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan complex located in the north of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, will showcase some of the region’s latest archaeological discoveries, including some found ...

Today this ancient place — once home to tens of thousands — has worn to lifeless, albeit impressive, gray stone. But 1,000 years ago, the Mayan city of Chichen Itza was as exciting as Manhattan, as ...

FILE PHOTO: The pyramid of Kukulcan is seen during sunrise at the archaeological zone of Chichen Itza in Yucatan State WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1967, an underground cistern known as a chultun was ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites – some of which are still being ...

Nestled in the jungles of the Yucatán, about 45 minutes from Valladolid, lies one of Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites—Chichén Itzá. Once a thriving Maya city with an estimated 35,000 ...