Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is a place of history and beauty, mystery and wonder. With its centuries-old Maya civilization, ...

Mexican pyramids are a key feature of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. While they share some similarities with Egyptian pyramids, these structures have flat tops, often with temples built on them, ...

(Rare Aztec map reveals a glimpse of ... He expanded the empire’s borders as far as present-day Guatemala, coming into contact with Maya lands. When Ahuitzotl died in 1502, Moctezuma II became ...

Mexico’s Maya ... in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán are long gone, but dozens of others across Mexico still stand. Pre-Columbian civilizations, such as the Olmecs and Zapotecs, created these ...

In episode #2252 of The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan delved into European colonizers' catastrophic impact on Mayan and Aztec civilizations, notably by introducing devastating diseases.

Two short centuries later, the capital of the Spanish Empire ... Map Reveals a Glimpse of 1500s Mexico.) Sacred RecipeThe secret of preparing chocolate was handed down to the Aztec from the Maya ...

The Mayan civilization ... Regarding the creation of the 3D map, the research team said, 'Our goal was to capture the history of the development of Copan's civilization while protecting this ...

Mexico and Central America are rich in Mayan ruins. Satellites are helping scientists spot more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before, which is no small feat considering how thick the forest is in ...

Enrigue presents us with two societies that feel far removed from our modern sensibilities, one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity buffed away.

The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards conquered the mighty Aztec Empire, in the heart of what's now modern Mexico City, has become a foundational myth of European dominance ...