Tikal is perhaps one the best representations of Mayan culture and architecture: a labyrinthine metropolis where buildings still stand today as they do hundreds of years ago. The Maya still exist though none live in their ancestors’ creations. The majority reside in
The Mayan civilisation dominated a stretch of land called Mesoamerica which today consists of parts of Central and Northern America. Their presence in the region goes back millennia, with scientists having found evidence for settlements in Belize around 1800 BC. While little
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A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has emerged from the depths of the Mexican jungle. In the heart of a biological reserve in Campeche State, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient Mayan city, called “Ocomtún” after the stone columns prevalent on the
A high-relief wall sculpture showing a female ruler subduing a captive male warrior was just uncovered, authorities in Mexico said Monday. The statuary found at the Mayan ruin site of Ek’Balam, on the Yucatan peninsula, shows a figure wearing a skirt with
A tourist was captured on video being beaten with a stick by a bystander after climbing up a sacred temple in Mexico. The incident played out over the weekend at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a popular tourist