The tunnel may have been filled in antiquity. Other tunnels have been discovered at Teotihuacan, and one at Temple of the Plumed Serpent has been explored. The ruins north of Mexico City remain shrouded in mystery. Teotihuacan had its apex between 100 B.C. and A.D. 750, with about 100,...
El Meco is a set of smaller ancient Maya ruins that aren’t well known located just North of Downtown Cancun. There’s even a 41-foot high pyramid!These ruins were probably related to Isla Mujeres and an important port for the Maya in the Yucatan Peninsula....
Mexico’s ancient civilizations were the most sophisticated and formidable in North and Central America. These often highly organized societies didn't just build towering pyramids and sculpt beautiful temples; they could also read the heavens, do complicated mathematics and invent writing systems. Explor...
Tulum, Mexico, North America Top choice in Tulum LoginSave Tulum is one of the most visited archaeological zones in Mexico and for good reason: it’s sublime. The ruins sit on seaside cliffs, high above turquoise waters that extend as far as your eye can see. True, the structures thems...
Today, you can visit and explore the temple’s seven distinct phases, ranging from a platform built in the 1400s to a Mayan reclining figure in the north side to the double pyramid that dates back to the Spanish Conquest. The site includes a museum where you can go deeper into its histo...
This is a reference to the sacred Maya tree, the Ceiba, which is an example of the tree of life. Xelha ruinsCarr. Tulm-Puerto Juarez Km. 240, TulumA little known and easily accesible group of ancient Maya temples, known as Xel Ha, is located 15 minutes north of Tulum downtown. ...
The stela was inscribed with the Mayan date corresponding to 564 A.D. This confused archaeologists who thought that Tulum had been built hundred of years later than this. It is now believed that the stela was brought to Tulum from Tankah, a settlement about 4 km (3 miles) to the north...
Yucatán, estado (state), southeastern Mexico. Occupying part of the northern Yucatán Peninsula, it is bounded to the north by the Gulf of Mexico, to the east and southeast by the state of Quintana Roo, and to the southwest and west by the state of Camp
Mesoamerica is full of impressive ruins, but there's one more mysterious than the rest. In this lesson, we'll explore the ruins of Teotihuacán and talk about the people who built this city. Teotihuacán Just north of Mexico is one of the most remarkable ancient cities in the world. What...
Relatively new on the tourist radar, the Ek Balam ruins are found about 19 miles north of the city of Valladolid, in the middle of the Yucatan Peninsula. (The name “Ek Balam” means “the black jaguar.”)Known as El Torre or the Tower, the main temple is 95 feet high. ...