The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá, long known as a site of human sacrifice, has fascinated millions of visitors from ...

Eyewitness video shows a tourist climbing the pyramid of the Mayan archeological site of Chichen Itza in Mexico. TikTok @Kevin Lou Arsenault Hegseth Orders Pacific Aircraft Carrier to Middle East ...

With shouts and cries of “jail, jail, jail”, “lock her up” and “sacrifice, sacrifice ... has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon ...

Researchers have analysed the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals at Chichén Itzá, revealing that all were male, contrary to previous beliefs that females were also sacrificed. The ...

He spoke only elementary Spanish, and because my Mayan is nonexistent, Pastor had to translate my questions a few different ways to get the meaning across. I asked Don Mariano how he knew he was Maya.

Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice.

The fusion of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the most important examples of the Mayan-Toltec civilization in Yucatán. Several buildings ...

This is the shocking moment a German tourist was beaten up by irate locals after he climbed a sacred Mayan temple in Mexico ... the centre of the Chichen Itza archaeological site.

The fusion of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the most important examples of the Mayan-Toltec civilization in Yucatán. Several buildings ...

Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Mayan pyramid of Kukulcan El Castillo. Picture: iStock The site hosts a four-day-long program featuring activities for guests to enjoy. However, the events do not include ...

A German tourist has been arrested after climbing the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Mexico. Video shows the man scaling the Mayan temple, which is off-limits, in Yucatan, on 20 March.

The explorer Jacques Soustelle called Bonampak "a pictorial encyclopedia of a Mayan city." Built along the Lacanjá River in the seventh and eighth centuries and eventually abandoned to the jungle ...