Through a playful lens, Heritage Plaza resembles a vertical Slinky Dog toy, its shining midsection bookended by brown granite facades at the crown and base designed to resemble a Mayan temple.

The ancient Maya were a brilliant Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, ...

Because of the great importance of religion in Maya life the members of our expedition were not surprised to find that most of the buildings in the seven ruined cities we discovered were temples ...

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 ...

A spectral bat in a cage targets a laboratory mouse in leaf litter on a table. Scientists studying these carnivorous bats in Mexico haven’t yet seen them take prey in the wild, so they film them ...

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 ...

As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in this area in different cities, ruled by kings, or queens. That there is a temple! It’s almost 1300 years old! Just imagine what it ...

Completed at the end of the 16th century, the structure stands tall on the site of an ancient Maya temple and is constructed from some of the original building's reclaimed stone. Inside ...

This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatán peninsula. Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left their mark on the city. The Maya and Toltec ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his Nepal visit on May 16 by offering prayers at the sacred Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini. This is Modi’s fifth visit to Nepal since 2004 continuing the tradition ...