are about 35 miles south of the main road (Hwy. 186) deep in the forest. The only others visitors while I was there were the father-daughter hitchhikers from Fairbanks, Alaska, that I picked up. They ...

A Mexican man wearing a pre-hispanic costume walks next to the Pyramid of Kukulcan at the usually tourist-thronged Chichen Itza archaeological park in Mexico. Getty Images Have you ever imagined what ...

Thanks to the power of remote sensing lasers, scientists in Mexico have achieved vivid new insights into how people lived during the ancient Mayan empire’s powerful Kanu’l or Snake dynasty, from about ...

Although many travelers are satisfied with visiting the more accessible and well-known Chichen Itza and Tikal, VirtualTourist members always strive for the more off-the-beaten path spots. With this in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Heard about the end of the world in December 2012 as predicted by the Mayans? The members and editors of online travel consultants VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have ...

Excavators have uncovered what they believe to be the 1,300-year-old remains of a Mayan prince entombed within a royal complex of the ancient city of Uxul, located in Mexico near the Guatemalan border ...