American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has ignited a firestorm in Mexico after filming a video at several of the country’s most protected archaeological sites, sparking debates ...

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 ... Finds from that structure include a stone throne in ...

It contains two ceremonially important features. Most well-known is Chichén Itzá's largest structure, El Castillo (also known as the Temple of Kukulkán). Important, too, was the Sacred Cenote ...

Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest ... and because subterranean structures were viewed as entrances to the underworld, the interment ...

Chichen Itza is known for its stunning architecture, including an impressive pyramid structure now called El Castillo. Nearby is a sacred water-filled sinkhole called a cenote, where the bodies of ...

Cisterns, or chultún, have long been associated with water, rain and child sacrifice, according to the researchers, and subterranean structures were believed to be entrances to the underworld.

According to the Chichen Itza website, the ancient Mayans constructed the structure to measure the time of year, and when the hours of day and the hours of the night were equal in 1500 BC.

Prominent snubs included such amazing structures at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Stonehenge, and the Moai statues of Easter Island. Even the Great Pyramid of Giza didn’t make the cut this time around. Here ...

The Hero Twins and their adventures are amply represented in Classic Maya art, and because subterranean structures were viewed as entrances to the underworld, the interment of twins and pairs of close ...