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Uxmal rises from the low hills of western Yucatán as a Maya city shaped by stone, geometry and ceremonial space. Its buildings belong to the Puuc architectural tradition, whose limestone façades ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

At a sprawling ceremonial complex in southern Mexico, archaeologists say they have identified a 3,000‑year‑old layout that appears to encode a vision of the universe in earth and stone. The site, ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring "remarkable" architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

Yaxha, whose name in Maya is commonly associated with the idea of “green water,” is a sprawling ancient city set between Yaxha Lagoon and Sacnab Lagoon in Guatemala’s Petén region, about a few hours ...

Deep within the northern Peten rainforest, massive ancient Maya pyramids remain entirely obscured beneath an aggressive jungle canopy that shields thousands of unexcavated ruins. Calakmul contains an ...