Exploring near the Usumacinta River, located in the modern Mexican state ... of rulers of a Maya city—one that, while impressive, is still fuzzy in places. Carrasco says the Palenque known ...

The archaeological site of Palenque in the state of Chiapas is one of the most outstanding ... site corresponding to the middle of the Classic period in the Maya area. Once the ancient city of ...

A highway in Chiapas connecting San Cristóbal and Palenque has received the go-ahead after five municipalities approved the ...

Palenque, the ancient Maya city now known as the state of Chiapas, flourished for centuries. It reached its peak between 500 and 700 A.D. when its influence spread to surrounding regions.

Known by the ancient Maya ... state of Chiapas. Palenque’s heyday was the seventh century A.D., when, under the reign of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal I (King Pakal the Great), the city was ...

The Calakmul Ruins (pronounced cash-lack-mool) were the largest Mayan city ever discovered in Campeche State. Visiting these ...

A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period, Palenque was at its height between AD 500 and 700, when its influence extended throughout the basin of the Usumacinta River. The elegance ...

Mercifully, Itzamna, the supreme creator god of the ancient Maya, had favored us with a pilot ... which emerged as a powerful city-state and rival to Tikal in the sixth and seventh centuries.