This system appears to have connected various urban centers, similar to how the Maya in Mexico and Guatemala arranged their urban networks. Interestingly, the roads are also nearly straight and contain right angles, which displays a level of construction sophistication that’d be difficult to achieve...
Tikalused to be the capital city of a Mayan kingdom in what is now Guatemala. It was a majorly big city, like Tokyo or New York, for 700 years (from 200 AD to 900 AD); at its peak it contained some 90,000 people. Tikal had perfectly preserved pyramids, artwork, palaces, and a ...
There aren’t many raw adventures in Guatemala that aren’t massificated for tourists, at least not like El Mirador. A visit to this Mayan ruin is adventure at its most, there are no roads, and no shuttle that will leave you at the base of the pyramid but that’s what attracts thous...
One by one, he went through 22 different star constellations and found that they all matched the locations of 117 known ancient Mayan cities, from Mexico to Guatemala to Honduras to El Salvador. But when he looked at a 23rd constellation, he noticed that one of its stars was unmatched...
The ruins of the ancient city of Hazor are located in northern Israel, north of the Sea of Galilee. Based on the archaeological findings the site was first settled about 5,000 years ago, in the Early Bronze Age. By the Middle and Late Bronze Age Hazor’s population had grown to betwee...
Our localadvisorsare history experts who’ve trekked through Mayan ruins and Inca temples. They’re naturalists who’ve studied exotic flora and fauna in the heart of the Amazon. They’re foodies who’ve tracked down the best eateries in their city, from mom-and-pop home cooking to five-st...
Mayan women protagonists who survived a multiplicity of harm, including sexual violence, during Guatemala’s 36-year genocidal war. The project documented the protagonists’ engagement with transitional justice mechanisms, including a paradigmatic court case and a national reparations program, as part of...