After scaling an ancient Mayan site, tourists were apprehended for disregarding rules and disrespecting a centuries-old ...

An ancient altar has been ncovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala that is believed to shed light on how Mayan and ...

Climbing the Mayan civilisation’s ancient pyramids is banned, both to respect the structures and from fear of damaging them. But that didn’t stop two tourists from launching themselves to the ...

The peak of La Danta—one of the world's largest pyramids—pokes through the forest canopy. "All this was abandoned nearly 2,000 years ago," says archaeologist Richard Hansen. "It's like finding ...

reached its peak between 200 and 900 AD when Mayan culture encompassed parts of what are now Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Teotihuacan, famous for its pyramids of the Sun ...

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An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as Guatemalan archaeologist Lorena Paiz, right, speaks during a press ...

This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatán peninsula. Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left their mark on the city. The Maya and Toltec ...

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