Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance artists centuries later Eli Wizevich The Greek document details a court ...

Encircled by thick jungle, Palenque is one of the most impressive and mysterious of all Mexico’s ancient Maya sites. Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World ...

You can easily walk through on your own and they’re the best free Mayan ruins near Playa del Carmen. The San Gervasio Ruins are the most well-known of the two ancient Mayan sites on Cozumel, a small ...

More than 2,000 years old, El Mirador natural park and the surrounding rainforest is one of the most beautiful places in Guatemala, an unparalleled historical and natural enclave whose future could be ...

Will your mask show a strong animal such as a jaguar? An important Ancient Maya god or creature? Will it represent the king or queen of your Maya city or show that you’re ready for battle?