Twice a year, tens of thousands of visitors crowd the base of El Castillo at Chichen Itza to watch triangles of sunlight ...
Four archaeoastronomers from leading Mexican research institutions have demonstrated that the famous "descent of Kukulcán" ...
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An ancient city hidden inside the jungle

This video shows Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico, an ancient Mayan archaeological site surrounded by dense tropical forest ...
Nestled in the jungles of the Yucatán, about 45 minutes from Valladolid, lies one of Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites—Chichén Itzá. Once a thriving Maya city with an estimated 35,000 ...
The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This sculpture of the head of a Mayan warrior found in the Temple of ...
I've ended up in the small town of Xpujil in the east of Mexico as part of a journey to find the ancient Mayan city of ...
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, ...