"There are about 1,000 registered cenotes in Yucatán," our tour guide proudly declares as he ushers us around Gran Museo del Munda Maya, a museum in Merida that showcases Mayan art and history. That's ...
Chichen Itza has gotten a bit of a bad reputation lately. After all, it does get throngs of tourists every day. Local people have obviously caught onto this. So they line the walking paths selling ...
Inhabitants of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá are well-known for their practice of ritual human sacrifice. The most prevalent notion in the popular imagination is that of young Maya women being ...
Upon entering the city, the Gran Explanada greets us, setting to some of the most emblematic constructions including the Pirámide de Kukulcán, a colossal monument–selected as one of the Seven Wonders ...
Archaeologists hope it will reveal a hidden "cenote" -- an underwater cavern This month, archaeologists in Mexico will begin excavating a secret tunnel thought to lead beneath a pyramid built by the ...
Archaeologists are attempting to find out if there is more to the 1000-year-old structure than meets the eye, with a hi-tech survey of the World Heritage site. National Geographic reports the team of ...
Nearly 1,000 years ago, Chichén Itzá was a powerful city, home to over 50,000 persons, the ancient Mayas and the Toltecs, a civilization known for its extraordinary knowledge in Astronomy, Mathematics ...
Archaeologists hope it will reveal a hidden "cenote" -- an underwater cavern This month, archaeologists in Mexico will begin excavating a secret tunnel thought to lead beneath a pyramid built by the ...