After the Aztec conquest, Cortés marched south and passed through a Maya lake-city where a stranded Spanish horse was later remembered as a god—an eerie prelude to the final subjugation of the last ...

There’s a lot more to Mexico than tequila and beach resorts. Behind the clichés lies a country shaped by centuries of ancient ...

Archaeologists reveal X’baatún as a major Maya urban center, uncovering over 100 structures and links to nearby sites in ...

Long considered sacred by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, copal has been a part of healing ceremonies for centuries. Now, it lends its essence to some of Mexico’s newest wellness experiences.

Only in Mexico did the colonizers of the New World find an art as deeply rooted as Europe’s. It was an art that had had 3,000 years to grow, nourished in settled, rich and leisurely societies ...

These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods who shaped the cosmos, demanded sacrifice, and fought battles far beyond ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, pyramids and a unique canal system that could shed further light on the ...