Archaeologists have uncovered over 6,500 previously unknown Maya structures, including a hidden city with grand pyramids, within southeast Mexico. This major discovery highlights the impressive and ...

Mexico is home to some truly amazing archeological sites — here are nine pyramids to plan your next trip around. Leonid Andronov/Getty Images The world is full of ancient wonders — so many that you ...

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Whenever I go south to Mexico, I marvel at the monumental stone structures, which reach toward heaven, that were left behind by the Maya. When I went to Egypt, I stood at the base of pyramids that ...

WASHINGTON — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

A huge Maya city has been found under a jungle in Mexico - and was accidentally discovered by a student using data from a laser. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, and amphitheatres in the ...

Mayan temples and pyramids are just as strong as skyscrapers. Discover the architectural tricks used by ancient Central American builders. One unsuspecting February morning in 1976, a 7.5 scale ...

CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mystics, hippies and tourists celebrated in the shadow of ancient Maya pyramids in southeastern Mexico on Friday as the Earth survived a day ...

* Celebrations at Maya sites, hopes of a new era * Some believed Maya calendar predicted Earth's doom * No catastrophes or mass suicides (Updates with attendance estimate, fresh quotes) By Alexandra ...