Whether it's Tulum with its breathtaking ocean view, Cobá with its jungle setting and climbable pyramid, or Chichén Itzá with ...

Here are 7 hidden gems that offer a glimpse into the mysterious world of the Maya civilization. Ek Balam is a remarkable ...

When most people think of ancient Maya civilization, they imagine godlike kings building towering pyramids and reveling in bloody human sacrifice. But commoners also played a significant role in the ...

A civilization dries up By the time of Tikal's decline sometime around 900, Maya civilization and culture had been developing for at least 1,000 years and the empire had amassed an estimated ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

They brought new diseases and tried to remove all traces of Maya culture. Only a few structures and artefacts remain today. Civilisation A society of people who live in cities and share ways of ...

The Maya grew root crops like sweet potatoes and cassava along ... Deep in the Mexican jungle, anthropological archaeologist Charles Golden, P’28, unearths remnants of a civilization of warriors, ...

sculptures and ceramics with modern-day digital systems like touch screens to help visitors fully immerse themselves in the history of Mérida and Mayan culture as a whole. Located next to the ...

“Tikin Xic” means “dried fish” or “dried fish with fins” in the Yucatecan Mayan language. It refers to a traditional fish dish of Yucatecan cuisine in which the fish is marinated and ...