Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This lost Mayan city is a site of astronomical genius and ancient secrets. Of all the Mayan wonders hidden within Mexico's jungles ...

Four archaeoastronomers from leading Mexican research institutions have demonstrated that the famous "descent of Kukulcán" ...

The Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl battled through the cotton-candy cloud, ripping at its billowing corners with razor-sharp talons. He'd been coming here for more than a thousand years, his shadow ...

(a) Location of the Maya region in the Americas. (b) Geographical locations of Chichén Itzá and Tixcacaltuyub in the Yucatan Peninsula. (c) Stratigraphy for the chultún and the adjacent cave in which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Temple of the Inscriptions at the ruins of the Maya city of Palenque, in Chiapas, Mexico. Photograph by Jon G. Fuller, ...

Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites – some of which are still being ...

Explore the secrets of the 7 wonders of the world, featuring the mysterious Maya city of Chichen Itza and the breathtaking Colosseum. This is part 2 of our series on the new wonders of the world.

Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of a housing complex ...

The Yucatán Peninsula, in the south-east of Mexico abutting Belize, is home to the ancient Mayan people. Covered in sprawling, dense jungles, the region is distinctly unusual in its geology due to the ...

El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections. Located in the heart of Mexico’s ...