"There are about 1,000 registered cenotes in Yucatán," our tour guide proudly declares as he ushers us around Gran Museo del Munda Maya, a museum in Merida that showcases Mayan art and history. That's ...

On the sun-baked, limestone slab of the Yucatan, crumbling pyramids rise to reflect the ancient Maya’s place in the celestial order. The ruined Mayan city of Chichen Itza is a monument to the heavens, ...

Mexican archaeologists exploring a sinkhole cave, or "cenote," in the Yucatan Peninsula pre-Columbian site of Chichen Itza discovered a funerary offering consisting of six human bones as well as ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites -- some of which are still being ...

A ritual cave has been discovered beneath the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza. Archaeologists found more than 150 objects relating to ritual practices in the cave, which they said had been untouched ...

A cave containing 200 ceramic ruins has been unsealed at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza – containing 200 ceramic vessels and burnt offerings from ancient rituals. Local residents told archaeologists ...

The Sacred Cenote is located in southeast Mexico and is one of several water-filled sinkholes found in the ancient city of Chichen-Itza. Found in the Yucatán Peninsula, this natural cave is a 60-meter ...

CHICAGO—Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, ...

Valladolid is one of the most underrated destinations in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Most people only pass through on a day trip from Cancun or Tulum and miss out on jaw-dropping cenotes, ancient ...