including some pyramids similar to the famous Chichén Itzá designs that have become a popular tourist hot spot in Mexico's Yucatan. It's believed that somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 Mayas ...

Though magnificent, the ruins of Tikal visible today represent ... another Maya powerhouse in present-day Mexico. For more than 100 years, then, Tikal may have been a conquered city-state ...

The site is located in the central/southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula, in southern Mexico and includes the remains of the important Maya city Calakmul, set deep in the tropical forest of the ...

Janet Jarman In the fall of 2003, a heavy rainstorm swept through the ruins of Teotihuacán, the pyramid-studded, pre-Aztec metropolis 30 miles northeast of present-day Mexico City. Dig sites ...

It’s about a 30-mile drive northwest of Tulum. Several tour operators, such as Mexico Kan Tours, offer round-trip hotel transportation between Tulum and the site, in addition to other activities ...

Criteria (iii): Palenque bears a unique testimony to the mythology and the rites of the Mayas, notably in the incredible number of sculpted reliefs on interior walls of the palaces and temples.

Yax Mutal' was one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya. You are now standing in Palenque, which the ancient Mayas called 'big water' or 'Lakamha'. It’s smaller than Tikal and ...

Check with your hotel's conceirge about its status. While they may not have the awe factor of Chichén Itzá, the El Rey Ruins have convenience on their side. Located in the heart of the Hotel ...

Image caption, Here is an ancient ball court. The games that the Mayas played here would have settled arguments between different cities. The city is surrounded by jungle. From the sky you can ...