In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by beautiful greenery, lies Tikal - a once great city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation in the Petén region of Guatemala. It was the ...

Temple of Ah Cacao and Temple of the Masks, Tikal, Guatemala Deep within the rainforest of Guatemala sits the ancient city of Tikal and its numerous stunning limestone temple buildings ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

CONACULTA, INAH, MEXICO (BOTH) PHOTOGRAPHED AT (LEFT TO RIGHT): NATIONAL PALACE, MEXICO CITY; MUSEO DE SITIO DE COMALCALCO, MEXICO Holmul isn’t a big, famous site like nearby Tikal, and it was ...

A recent lidar analysis revealed that an area once assumed to be natural hills, center, near Tikal's Lost World complex, right, is actually an 1,800-year-old ruined citadel.