The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

Tourists visit a Mayan temple in the Tikal archaeological site at the Maya Biosphere in Peten, Guatemala, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Small crowds also mean ...

Tourists visit a Mayan temple in the Tikal archaeological site at the Maya Biosphere in Peten, Guatemala, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Small crowds also mean better ...

Inside, archaeologists discovered the sarcophagus of King Pakal the Great, one of the most powerful rulers of the Maya civilization. The temple gets ... was once one of Tikal's greatest rivals.

From the carefully constructed streets of Indus Valley to Egypt's lofty pyramids, from the heavens' wisdom of the Maya to the written records of the Sumerians, the earliest civilisations set the stage ...

With the vast Temple of Kukulcan at its heart ... had been an important part of the Mayan ecosystem – once subservient to neighbouring Tikal (over the border in what is now Guatemala), but ...

Tikal was the economic and ceremonial hub of the Maya civilisation. But its stone palaces and temples would never have been constructed without mastery over one vital substance. In the small ...

The site contains impressive ruins, with palaces and temples bordering a large plaza upon a terrace above the Usumacinta River. Video of the Ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal in Flores Guatemala Central ...

Built over several decades by King Suryavarman II, the sprawling temple complex was initially dedicated ... In the rainforests of Guatemala are the ruins of one of the great sites of Maya civilisation ...

Video shows a tourist scaling the steps of Mexico's Temple of Kukulcan as thousands of visitors flocked to the site to ...

A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, ...