Details on some of the structures were published in 1952 by Karl Ruppert, an American archaeologist who helped excavate the site, in his book "Chichen Itza: Architectural Notes and Plans ...

PISTE, MEXICO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed to have ...

Around 2 million people visit Chichen Itza site in southeast Mexico each year, according to official data. It was founded as a Mayan pilgrimage center by the Itza, or “water sorcerers.” Top ...

Making matters more complicated is that at a later point in the city’s history (the 13th century) a group called the Itza settled at the site. The name of the city means “the mouth of the well ...

The new facility will replace an earlier museum that shuttered more than a decade ago. While plans are still in early stages, the museum will likely showcase hundreds of archaeological finds from ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as ...