Other structures of note include the Castillo ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably well-preserved murals still ...

Centuries earlier, had Maya priests waited in this very well ... has been busy investigating and mapping the hundreds of ancient structures, promontories, and wells in the Chichén Itzá region.

Archaeologists haven’t mapped the settlement’s outer areas but expect to find more residential structures. Ancient Maya communities lived at X’baatún beginning as early as 300 B.C. and ...

A Minecraft player creates an incredible Maya-inspired temple that looks like it emerged from a jungle, like many real-world ...

In the heart of Mexico, special technology has uncovered a huge, thousand-year old city the size of Edinburgh. At one time the city is thought to have been home to more than 30,000 Maya people.

The city played a key role in the history of this region for more than twelve centuries and is characterized by well-preserved structures providing a vivid picture of life in an ancient Maya capital.

Unlike other Mayan ruins, Cobá’s large network ... archaeological site where visitors can explore ancient temples and ...

The scan revealed the remains of a over 60,000 different structures ... of ancient people. Needless to say, this is a pretty important discovery for archaeologists interested in Mayan culture ...

a star cluster that was sacred to the ancient Mayans. The clean and contemporary, curved white structures float dramatically above the lush, verdant backdrop of the mangrove forest, creating a ...

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...

The Maya settlement, known as X’baatún ... but archaeologists hope to learn more as the project continues. One of the ancient structures at X’baatún. Photo from Juan Garcia Targa via ...