Columbian cities, with an estimated population of 35,000 at its peak, Chichén Itzá flourished between the 8th and 12th centuries CE.

The area, known as Chichen Viejo, is expected to be integrated in the near future into the visitor area of the Chichen Itza archaeological site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The newly discovered ...

The ruins of Chichen Itza in eastern Mexico were built about 1,200 years ago.

Now, DNA obtained from 64 of them is offering insight into child sacrifice at Chichen Itza in the centuries before Europeans reached the New World. Those entombed were all boys - some of them ...

An ancient stone marker used in a soccer-like ballgame was unearthed this week at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Because Chichen Itza is one of the new 7 world wonders according to UNESCO, this place represents the most-visited archaeological site in Mexico.

Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of a housing complex ...

A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site, archaeologists said this week.

Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of a housing complex ...