In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. The ceremonial centre ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., archaeologists said.

Craving a trip that’s equal part adventure and elegant escape? Does your idea of a vacation also include a bit of history and ...

Formerly viewed solely as a cruise destination intermixed on a laundry list of Caribbean paradises, perhaps Mexico's most ...

Along with other children, I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices ... Enveloped by jungle, it would not be rediscovered until 1848.

We crossed a jungle-covered limestone ridge about 600 ... Efforts to preserve the basin’s ancient ruins go hand in hand with conserving one of the world’s living treasures.

an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way through thick jungle, crawled ...

Tired of crowded ruins and noisy tour groups ... and feel history unfold beneath you. Lost in the jungle and teeming with life, Tikal’s ancient Mayan pyramids rise dramatically above treetops.

Through radar scans and artifact finds, archaeologists identified the mystery ruins of Gradishte as a forgotten ancient city. Photo from California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Under a ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited ancient Mayan ruins at an archaeological site ... (British Army Training Support Unit) in the jungle, which gives tropical environment training to British ...