Among them is Cenote Azul, a 90-metre-deep hole surrounded by trees, with wooden docks and ropes to help you swim across. Unlike the cave-like, often crowded cenotes near Tulum and Playa del Carmen, ...

This Unesco world heritage site houses 252 caves and 51,000 Buddha statues, displaying a fusion of religion and politics in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Revolutionary scanning technology has identified two concealed air-filled anomalies behind the eastern facade of Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid, providing the first scientific evidence to support a ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that Aguada Fénix, the largest and oldest known Maya monument, was designed as a massive cosmogram representing the Maya conception of the universe. New excavations at ...

Archaeologists uncovered a cosmic map of the universe at the oldest Maya site, reshaping beliefs about early civilization and ...

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining ...

Riviera Maya, stretching along Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is known for its turquoise Caribbean waters, white sand beaches, ...

The world has seen lots of talented and capable photographers throughout history. But not everyone’s work gets as much time ...

In the summer of 2020, an international team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist reported the discovery of the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again.