The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The ...

12.19.19.2.19; 7 Kayab 2 Cauac; 300 days left . . . Would you vote for someone if they could make it rain? The ancient Maya would. Just when I started to think I was beginning to understand the ...

The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The ...

UXMAL, Mexico -- Water was everything to ancient Mayans in the Uxmal region. Their principal god was Chaac, the god of rain. Sculptures of his image are at Uxmal. When his nose is curved upward, he is ...

Chaac, the God of Rain / The Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal The ancient ruin of Uxmal is nestled deep in forest. The ruins here date back to the Mayan civilization which prospered on Mexico’s Yucatan ...

Battling swamps and mosquitoes, the team headed north from Palenque to the Gulf of México then travelled up the coastline by boat to Sisal from where they could continue across land to explore the ...

Chichen Itza, Tulum and Teotihuacan are hardly new words to history buffs visiting Mexico. And while these sites are stunningly beautiful and important parts of Mexico’s indigenous history, they are ...

People surround the El Castillo pyramid at the Mayan archaeological site of Chichen Itza in the Mexican state of Yucatan. Hugo Borges / Getty Images Looking for alternatives to overcrowded ...