Built more than a thousand years ago by the ancient Maya, the pyramid towers 100 feet over the ruins of Chichén Itzá, a World Heritage site and popular tourist destination on Mexico’s Yucatan ...

In the tropical heart of Central America, the Maya civilization once thrived with its grand cities, astronomical wisdom, and towering pyramids. For decades, experts have admired the ingenuity of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site ...

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Just a few miles to the east, at the Petnal site, a pyramid about 33 meters high was discovered, which has two chambers on top. Inside these chambers, frescoes have emerged that also date to the ...

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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site ...