a ball game played by the Maya hundreds of years ago. The circular stone was found at the Chichen Itza archaeological site and is thought to be around 1,200 years old. At its centre are two ...

The Maya city of Chichén Itzá, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, has been under archaeological exploration since 1993. Several major archaeological investigations have been conducted, ...

had acted as a sacred sundial and timekeeper for the ancient Maya on the two days of the year, May 23 and July 19, when the sun reaches its zenith. At that moment it is vertically overhead ...

While the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza and Tulum are undeniably remarkable ... As they make discoveries within the ancient ...

As you might imagine, Chichen Itza is extremely popular — and by ... You’ll also see plenty of iguanas who live in the rocks ...

A ceramicist retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment that survived for over a millennium.

The pleasure’s all Mayan! Sacrificing the cocktail bar, Jonathan Coates treks into Mexico’s ancient cities before having a ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon around it and announced fines ranging from ...

Price: From $52 Duration: 12 hours To beat the crowds at the ancient Mayan site of Chichén Itzá, this excursion starts at 6 a.m. After picking you up at your hotel, a bilingual guide leads the ...