At the peak of its glory, around a.d. 750, Tikal was home to at least 60,000 Maya and held sway over ... Scanning a map of the ruins laid out on his desk, Stuart points to an area of nameless ...

Finding ruins ... not only Mayan pyramids, but other hard to access locations – all in the last couple of years. Last year, LiDAR technology helped Uzbekistan archaeologists map out and detail ...

Armed with mosquito repellent, a vague sense of direction, and the aforementioned Wikiloc map ... Belize is as diverse culturally as it is spectacular when it comes to landscapes: The Garifuna ...

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

and it’s home to more Maya ruins than any of its neighbours. There’s an especially high concentration here, in the northern Petén region, scattered around the Maya Biosphere Reserve, one of the ...

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Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

For those with an appetite for discovery, the Caribbean and the seven countries of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica ... can hike volcanoes, explore Mayan ruins and swim in pristine waters.