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, ...

(a) Location of the Maya region in the Americas. (b) Geographical locations of Chichén Itzá and Tixcacaltuyub in the Yucatan Peninsula. (c) Stratigraphy for the chultún and the adjacent cave in which ...

Chichen Itza is an ancient city with almost 1000 years of history, one of the greatest Mayan centers of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. Many great buildings still stand between the Mayan ruins: the ...

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - In 1967, an underground cistern known as a chultun was discovered near a sacred body of water at Chichen Itza, an important ancient Maya city on Mexico's Yucatan ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites -- some of which are still being ...

Archaeologists have discovered a cave filled with hundreds of artifacts beneath the ruins of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the lead researcher on the project said Monday, calling the find ...

MEXICO CITY, April 11 (Reuters) - A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, ...

After analyzing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were children, researchers have revealed new details about human sacrifice at the ancient Maya site of Chichén Itzá.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: The pyramid of Kukulcan is seen during sunrise at the archaeological zone of Chichen Itza in Yucatan State WASHINGTON ...