FILE - The step pyramid of Kukulcan stands in Chichén Itzá, a complex of Mayan ruins on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Hundreds of handicraft vendors in southern Mexico blocked ...

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 ...

El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections. (Johannes Krause/Max Planck ...

PISTE, MEXICO, Feb 11 (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 ...

El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections. Located in the heart of Mexico’s ...

Welcome to Chichén Itzá. From up here, El Castillo rises out of the jungle like it has been waiting a thousand years for this flyover. Look at those steps. Sharp lines, perfect symmetry, light slicing ...

Researchers in Mexico have uncovered a new group of structures at Chichén Itzá, the famed Maya archaeological site, that may have once belonged to the city’s elite. The new find comes from the work of ...

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has extended the closure of the Chichen Itza archaeological site through April 4. The decision comes ahead of Easter week and is intended ...

MEXICO CITY, April 11 (Reuters) - A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, ...

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It might be early, but it’s playing out exactly how Mexican government officials had hoped. The historic ruins of Chichen Itza recently broke a single-day attendance record. The site had more than ...