With its plethora of palaces, altars, shrines, and soaring temples, Tikal may be the premier Maya site. For over 1,100 years, the Maya built here, expanding the site until it covered an area of 25 ...

and temples filled with expressive bas-relief sculptures set Palenque apart from other Maya sites in Mexico, and it even rivals the grandeur of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala. Its secrets have been ...

Hidden within Central America's lush, verdant jungle are incredible ancient ruins that you can explore to get a feel for the ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

It was the largest urban centre in the southern Mayan lowlands , 19 ... of major pyramids and temples, in the Late Formative years (300-100 BCE). Tikal’s prime however came in the Late Classic ...

It wasn't large, surpassed in size by cities like Calakmul and Tikal ... and the Temple of Inscriptions, said to be one of the most profuse sources of glyphic text from the Maya world.