Running along the Caribbean shores of the lush Yucatán Peninsula, Riviera Maya is a 100-mile (160km) stretch of sands sprinkled with vibrant beach towns, wildlife-rich jungle, ancient Mayan ruins and ...

Walking through a river in Belize, carrying a Styrofoam takeout container that holds chicken, rice and vegetables and wearing a helmet, I feel ridiculous. It’s hard to believe that the greatest ...

Although most people naturally think of Egypt when the topic of pyramids comes up, they might be surprised to learn that Mexico, in fact, has more pyramids than that country over by the Nile River.

The year 2012 is a significant one in the Maya calendar. The ancient long count calendar of the Maya, a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished across Mexico and Central America from 2000 BC to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ancient Maya constructed hundreds of pyramids throughout Mesoamerica, from about 1000 B.C. to ...

Whenever I go south to Mexico, I marvel at the monumental stone structures, which reach toward heaven, that were left behind by the Maya. When I went to Egypt, I stood at the base of pyramids that ...

Google has added Street View images for several more Brazilian cities and 30 archeological sites in Mexico, including Mayan pyramids and the ruins of Tulum. Google has added Street View images for ...