The pyramid known as El Castillo, or the Temple of Kukulcán, stands 30 meters (98 feet) tall and features nine terraced ...

What is believed to be a council house built more than 1,000 years ago sheds light on how Maya systems of governance shifted ...

Mexico will boost security at its most-visited tourist destinations after a lone gunman opened fire at the ancient ruins of ...

One person was killed and six were injured after a gunman opened fire atop the Pyramid of the Moon at Mexico's Teotihuacán ...

An Egyptian tour guide was arrested after allegedly sketching a stick figure onto the side of the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas while leading a group of tourists. Video of the incident, which ...

A tour guide in Egypt reportedly sketched a stick figure into the wall of a 4,000-year-old pyramid while explaining its history to a group of sightseers. The male guide, seemingly lost in his fiery ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

BELIZE CITY - A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities ...

Explore the ancient Maya city of Uxmal, one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Maya civilization. Uxmal flourished between 600 and 1000 CE, the video showcases the iconic Pyramid of ...

Though built by local artisans and compliant with international standards for rehabilitating archaeological monuments, the new wooden stairs would probably puzzle the original Maya creators of the ...

Humans have been building cities for centuries, but they don't always last. In some cases, nature has reclaimed them. Other times, people simply built on top of older structures. Technology, including ...