Jacinto Canek famously led a Maya uprising against Spanish colonizers in Yucatán during the 18th century, before the ...

Discover Herencia Maya, a Yucatán initiative conserving 1.4 million acres, protecting wildlife, freshwater, and Maya ...

A lost Maya settlement discovered in Mexico reveals how ordinary people lived beyond the ancient civilization’s famous ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Maya farmers in Yucatán, Mexico, have rekindled a pre-Hispanic ceremony that calls for rain from the god Cháak as the state suffers its worst ...

Worlds away from the tequila slammers and mega-resorts of Cancun lies a city in the Yucatan peninsula full of Old World charm and a strong sense of identity. Merida, declared a world cultural landmark ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient Maya city that was hidden in the Mexican jungle for more than a millennium. Located in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, at the base of the Yucatán ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Temple of the Inscriptions at the ruins of the Maya city of Palenque, in Chiapas, Mexico. Photograph by Jon G. Fuller, ...