The pyramids here aren’t as large as other Maya ruins in Mexico, but the setting, on 40ft-high cliffs above turquoise Caribbean waters south of Cancun, more than makes up for it. 3. Cobá ...

Laser surveys have revealed a massive centuries-old Maya city in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The city contains up to 6,674 structures, including pyramids like the ones at Chichén Itzá and Tikal ...

L. Auld-Thomas et al. Running out of empty space: environmental lidar and the crowded ancient landscape of Campeche, Mexico. Antiquity. Vol. 98, October, 2024. p. 1340. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2024.148.

SHARE: CAMPECHE, MEXICO—According to a BBC News report, the ruins of a Maya city have been discovered under jungle canopy in southeastern Mexico, just a 15-minute hike from a major road.

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

Laser surveys have revealed a massive centuries-old Maya city in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The city contains up to 6,674 structures, including pyramids like the ones at Chichén Itzá and Tikal ...