Genetic clues have unveiled a type of ritual child sacrifice at an ancient Maya site that consisted only of young boys, often chosen as closely related pairs that included twins. The discovery stems ...

The ancient Maya civilization left behind an extraordinary architectural legacy across the Yucatan Peninsula, dominated by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: The pyramid of Kukulcan is seen during sunrise at the archaeological zone of Chichen Itza in Yucatan State WASHINGTON ...

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 ...

After analyzing 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.

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 ...

PISTE, MEXICO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of ...

Reason: The brilliant ruins of Chichén Itzá evidence a dazzling ancient city that once centered the Maya empire in Central America. The stepped pyramids, temples, columned arcades, and other stone ...

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. Introduction: Looking Backward, Looking Forward at Chichen Itza 1 Introduction ...

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 ...