Unlike other Mayan ruins, Cobá’s large network of ancient ... which is the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan peninsula at 137 ft (42 m) high. While you’re no longer able to climb the pyramids ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

Tulum was a sleepy town on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with deep connections to its Mayan roots. Even when American beach bums ...

Along with other children, I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices. I ran my hands along the walls, imagining that if I pressed a stone ...

Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de ...

Dorothy and Lowell Wenzel at the arch marking the main entrance to the Mayan ruins at San Gervasio, Mexico.

The site itself was originally a main hub of Mayan civilization and has since been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The focal point of the ruins is the pyramid-like El Castillo that was once ...