Deep within the famed El Castillo pyramid of Chichén Itzá, Mexico, an intriguing mystery has come to light. Explorations have unveiled a significant cave-like hollow beneath its structure, revealing ...

Four archaeoastronomers from leading Mexican research institutions have demonstrated that the famous "descent of Kukulcán" ...

Twice a year, tens of thousands of visitors crowd the base of El Castillo at Chichen Itza to watch triangles of sunlight ...

After analysing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were children, researchers have revealed new details about human sacrifice at the ancient Maya site of Chichén Itzá.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This lost Mayan city is a site of astronomical genius and ancient secrets. Of all the Mayan wonders hidden within Mexico's jungles ...

Chichen Itza has gotten a bit of a bad reputation lately. After all, it does get throngs of tourists every day. Local people have obviously caught onto this. So they line the walking paths selling ...

Today, the ruined city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico is a major tourist attraction, drawing around two million people from around the world each year. Chichén Itzá's stunning ancient buildings – including ...

Chichén Itzá, the Maya complex that’s now one of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations, is getting a new museum, reports the Art Newspaper’s Elizabeth Mistry. The new facility will replace an ...

I’ve heard a lot of bad excuses from hotel receptionists, but up until now, nobody’s ever tried blaming weak Internet on a UNESCO World Heritage site. “It’s the pyramid’s fault,” is what they told me ...