Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

The Maya civilization is one of the biggest and most famous of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. For over 3,000 years, the Mayas lived throughout the Maya Region, which consisted of ...

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Across southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, ancient Maya cities lie scattered like puzzle pieces waiting to be ...

it has maintained its vibrancy even in the harsh tropical forests of southern Mexico and Guatemala where the Maya 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 ...

The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), in collaboration with the Government of Mexico, announced today it is facilitating ...

The altar—and the wealthy household behind the courtyard it once adorned—stands just a few blocks from the center of Tikal, one of the most powerful cities of Maya civilization. But the altar ...

Once one of the most magnificent city-states of the Maya civilization, Chichen Itza now stands quietly amid the jungle, waiting for the world to visit and listen to its stories. I walked with my ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...