Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

A new Mayan city has been found underground in Mexico, on the Yucatán Peninsula. Archaeologists believe the massive city was ...

Whether it's Tulum with its breathtaking ocean view, Cobá with its jungle setting and climbable pyramid, or Chichén Itzá with ...

From the Preclassic Period (600 BCE) until the fall and eventual collapse of the city centre around 900 AD, it has thousands of architectural and artistic remnants of the Mayan civilisation spread ...

The explorer Jacques Soustelle called Bonampak "a pictorial encyclopedia of a Mayan city." Built along the Lacanjá River in the seventh and eighth centuries and eventually abandoned to the jungle ...

Mysterious and fascinating, the Mayan civilisation left behind enigmas that still captivate the world. At the heart of this intrigue is the Yucatan Peninsula, a silent witness to the last days of ...

So many of us love shark movies, but as fun as the subgenre can be, there is one problem they can't get past: they're all chasing the shadow of Steven Spielberg's Jaws, which is not only the best ...

Hundreds of years ago, in the middle of Lake Atitlán, a complex Mayan city settled that built temples, squares, houses and stelae until, suddenly, the same waters that gave it sustenance began to ...

Riviera Maya, just south of Cancun, is the ultimate tourist destination. You can find just about anything to do here, from wandering around ancient Mayan ruins to partying the night away. It also ...

Hundreds of Indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala ushered in the new year according to their calendar with a spiritual ceremony at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala City, on Tuesday.