The site’s highlight is the Nohoch Mul pyramid, which is the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan ... Maya, providing visitors with ...

The best all-inclusive resorts in Tulum allow travelers to enjoy the destination without worrying about any added costs. We ...

The information available for research is vital for understanding multiple aspects of Maya culture and its evolution in the central lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula. The archaeological sites in the ...

Even now it remains more difficult to get to than most other Maya sites (save for Yaxchilán, which still requires a one-hour jungle boat ride to reach). Bonampak means "painted walls" in Maya ...

The ceremonial sites of Uxmal, Kabah ... covers some 7500 km 2 in the south-western part of the Mexican state of Yucatan. The region was a centre for trade and the exchange of ideas - and probably ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city of Chichén Itzá, in the sparse shade of a tropical tree, a voice ricochets wildly up the mouth of a well. “¡Lo vi! ¡Lo vi!” ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mexico is rushing to complete a new train line around the Yucatan Peninsula that will link tourist resorts with cities and famous Maya sites. But large areas of ...

Palenque, located in the Mexican state of Chiapas, was a major Maya city that thrived between 600 and 800 CE. While smaller ...

Hansen pointed out some of the sites that he and his colleagues have mapped in the Mirador basin, including the large lost cities of Tintal and Nakbe, which is one of the oldest known Maya ...

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