Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...

and predominantly known for the famous ruins of Chichén Itzá. However, as a travel expert that lives in Mexico, I’ve explored ...

Mexico’s ‘yellow city’ is painted in ... Like many churches in Yucatán, it was built on top of a Mayan temple. The handsome city of Mérida and the Mayan site of Dzibilchaltún lie just ...

As someone who has lived in Mexico since 2018, and visited about 25 ruins sites all across the country, ruins are clearly some of my favorite places to see in Mexico. Some are more famous than ...

This ancient Maya temple near Mexico’s Calakmul Biosphere Reserve is home to six woolly false vampire bats. Unlike many other species, these bats roost in groups of between four and eight ...

Its imposing palaces, extensive administrative buildings, and temples filled with expressive bas-relief sculptures set Palenque apart from other Maya sites in Mexico, and it even rivals the ...

Kristin Braswell The Tulum Archaeological site is one of the most visited Mayan archaeological sites ... the site showcases several templos (temples) and castillos (castles) from the once-thriving ...

El Castillo (The Castle), a 98-foot-tall pyramid, dominates the city, while the Temple of the Warriors features murals of battle scenes and village life. Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.