In this article, you'll find out what was inside the Mayan Pyramids and what their cultural significance was to the people ...

Rising through a clearing in the jungle of the Yucatán, a monumental Maya pyramid appears to touch the sky in Catherwood’s illustration of the Pyramid of Kulkulcán. Although parts of the structure are ...

An American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest. The data came from laser ...

In Mesoamerica, a historical territory extending from modern-day Central Mexico to northern Costa Rica, the pre-Hispanic Maya ...

It then sets in line with the pyramid’s western staircase and the nondescript Holtún well. The Maya, to calibrate their calendar, which is justly famous to this day, had to determine the days ...

A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in ...

Coba Mayan Ruins has several distinct areas or building groups. In each, you’ll see pyramids, other buildings and steles ...

Its name means 'flag of the Maya people', and it was the capital ... In the background, you can see the Pyramid of the Magician. It gets its name from many ancient myths. One myth tells of how ...

In this image of Izamal’s great pyramid, Kinich Kak Mo, the colossal head of a Maya figure looms high above the expedition’s naturalist, Dr. Samuel Cabot, Jr., and an unnamed Maya attendant.

Experts found several pyramid-like structures measuring more ... Archaeologists have named the site Ocomtún (Mayan for stone column). Ivan Ṡprajc/Inah The abundance of stone columns inspired ...

The dense forests of Mexico concealed a rich tapestry of Maya life for centuries. Thanks to lidar, researchers have pierced the jungle veil, revealing everything from grand pyramids to everyday ...