Chichen Itza has gotten a bit of a bad reputation lately. After all, it does get throngs of tourists every day. Local people ...

The temple, seen here during excavation, rests on a pyramidal foundation 37 feet high and 136 feet square at the base. The crew shown in this photograph were part of the Carnegie Institute ...

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is home to a rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites that predate the the Spanish. Explore its Mayan culture at the famous Chichen Itza and other sites ...

Columbian cities, with an estimated population of 35,000 at its peak, Chichén Itzá flourished between the 8th and 12th centuries CE.

The Temple of Kukulcán was built by the Mayans for the feathered serpent god Kukulcán between 800 and 900 A.D., according to Atlas Obscura.

The Temple of Kukulkan, the Mayan snake god, has been built on top of a natural sinkhole that is 114 feet long and is up to 65 feet deep. It is capped by 13 feet of limestone that is being washed ...

It is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18. All four sides of the temple have approximately 91 steps. Climbing them has been banned since 2008.

Archaeologists believe they have found a hidden passageway beneath a 1,000-year-old Mayan temple. The experts discovered the tunnel under the Kulkulcan pyramid, which is part of the Chichen Itza ...

Researchers have discovered a secret passageway in the Temple of Kukulkan in Mexico 's Chichen Itza that could reveal clues about the ancient civilisation's underworld beliefs. The Great Mayan ...

He says few buildings on the Chichen Itza site would predate the inner pyramid. Most of the city was destroyed in the 800s and rebuilt into the one exposed today.