El Castillo (The Castle), a 98-foot-tall pyramid, dominates the city, while the Temple of the Warriors features murals of battle scenes and village life. Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city ...

the oldest known intact Maya mural to date, was discovered in an 80-foot-high pyramid at the ruins of San Bartolo, a ceremonial site in Guatemala. Still,Tikal stands out. “The buildings at Tikal ...

Palenque’s most notable ruin is the Temple of the Inscriptions, a 90-foot-high pyramid containing some of the most detailed Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. The monument was assumed to ...

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

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

it would have performed its bobble dance on what are now the ruins of a platform on the top southwest corner of the structure. To the sky-gazing Maya, the pyramids in the Yucatán, others of which ...

We follow behind a tour group climbing a protective scaffold over its Temple IV, or Great Pyramid, one of the tallest of the Maya world at 230 feet. From the platform on top, sunbeams flare off ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

The site is spread over 30 square miles, with nearly 50 roads that spool out from the site's temples and two ball courts. But the top attraction is Nohoch Mul – the highest Mayan pyramid on the ...

But we also use them to send important messages and trade our goods. The Maya people built many cities, temples, pyramids, palaces and gateways in stone which have been uncovered and excavated.