Its buildings exhibit classic Maya architecture ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably well-preserved murals still ...

A holidaymaker and another man have reportedly been arrested after they scaled the stairs of The Temple of Kukulcán in Mexico ...

The world is littered with the relics of past civilizations, but not all of them are out in the open like the pyramids, some ...

The building turned out to be a pyramid ... in the form of animal bones or charred snail shells; or human remains. The ancient Maya feel alive everywhere you look. Golden, wearing moisture-wicking ...

The destroyed material was then used as building material to help the ... However, as a people, the Maya and much of their ancient culture continued – and indeed have survived to the present ...

The ancient city of Holmul isn’t much to ... For centuries these two cities shaped Maya painting, architecture, pottery, weapons, and city planning. But all that changed in the sixth century ...

Warfare and trade were important aspects of Maya society and so was art and architecture. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to ...

The man was spotted climbing El Castillo, at Chichén Itzá in Mexico. Visitors have been banned since 2008 from climbing the ...

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 ...