On the Caribbean coastline of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula lies the gorgeous seaside town of Tulum, one of the last cities ...

The centre of town is at the top of a hill, around a plaza presided over by a white cathedral built on the site of a Maya temple, and ringed with ancient ... Glass cabinets are filled with wooden ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

The tourist-friendly state of Quintana Roo includes a plethora of popular destinations, including Cancun, Cozumel, Playa Del Carmen, Riviera Maya, Holbox, Isla Mujeres and Tulum, among others. "When ...

Leilani Osmundson Chichén Itzá is a large Mayan archaeological site and one ... like El Castillo that was once used by Mayans as a temple to the god Kukulkan. U.S. News Insider Tip: Visit ...

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