Through a playful lens, Heritage Plaza resembles a vertical Slinky Dog toy, its shining midsection bookended by brown granite facades at the crown and base designed to resemble a Mayan temple.

Palenque’s most notable ruin is the Temple of the Inscriptions, a 90-foot-high pyramid containing some of the most detailed Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. The monument was assumed to ...

A spectral bat in a cage targets a laboratory mouse in leaf litter on a table. Scientists studying these carnivorous bats in Mexico haven’t yet seen them take prey in the wild, so they film them ...

El Castillo (The Castle), a 98-foot-tall pyramid, dominates the city, while the Temple of the Warriors features murals of battle scenes and village life. Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city ...

Minecraft players can build incredible structures like one player's Mayan-themed temple. The Maya-inspired temple includes seven layers made from various materials like stone and moss. A Minecraft ...

As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in this area in different cities, ruled by kings, or queens. That there is a temple! It’s almost 1300 years old! Just imagine what it ...

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The Maya would set up a series of stelae in front of a single temple, one every five years. The first stela in each series always showed a seated figure. Thompson had thought these were gods ...

As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in this area in different cities, ruled by kings, or queens. That there is a temple! It’s almost 1300 years old! Just imagine what it ...

A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...