It then sets in line with the pyramid’s western staircase and the nondescript Holtún well. The Maya, to calibrate their calendar, which is justly famous to this day, had to determine the days ...

El Castillo (The Castle), a 98-foot-tall pyramid, dominates the city, while the Temple of the Warriors features murals of battle scenes and village life. Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city ...

Its name means 'flag of the Maya people', and it was the capital ... In the background, you can see the Pyramid of the Magician. It gets its name from many ancient myths. One myth tells of how ...

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 ...

November 2022, Chichen Itza, Mexico In the Mexican city of Chichen Itza, a tourist climbed onto the sacred Mayan temple, the ...

You only need to head south to Mexico to explore its vast, incredible world of ancient civilizations and their pyramids. You’ve likely heard of the Maya people, who ruled (and still live ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended ...

But we also use them to send important messages and trade our goods. The Maya people built many cities, temples, pyramids, palaces and gateways in stone which have been uncovered and excavated.

Scattered throughout Mexico, you'll find the ruins of several ancient civilizations, including those of the Aztec, Maya and Toltec people. Many of these sites feature impressive pyramids standing ...