The name Chichen Itza translates to “at the mouth of the ... of Mexico in the early Post-Classic period, around 950 CE, and ...

The tourist of unknown origin climbed to the top of the majestic building and started dancing, which further angered Mexican and foreign visitors enjoying the day off. An angry mob almost lynched ...

In 2007, after a public competition, the list of the new seven wonders of the modern world was announced: the Colosseum (Italy), Chichen Itza (Mexico), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil) ...

With a population estimated in the millions a thousand years ago, the northern Maya built so many cities—in the dry north, always next to a life-giving cenote—that one starts to think the ...

Jade Skirt in 1750: So much has changed. The Spanish arrived and destroyed our cities and built their churches – sometimes on top of our pyramids! They made us work on huge farms and even burnt ...

Jade Skirt in 1750: So much has changed. The Spanish arrived and destroyed our cities and built their churches – sometimes on top of our pyramids! They made us work on huge farms and even burnt ...

Frederick Catherwood reached Tulum in March 1841. The explorers realized that Tulum, like Chichén Itzá, was one of the last strongholds against the Spanish, thus one of the few Maya cities mentioned ...