The ruined Mayan city of Chichen Itza is a monument to the heavens, built aside the Sacred Cenote, a huge water-filled sinkhole regarded by the Maya as a wellspring of life. Atop temples and […] ...

You can take the ADO bus to Chichen Itza from Playa del Carmen; it departs around 8:15 a.m. from the ADO station on 5th Avenue, but the ride will often take more than 3.5 hours due to the many ...

Chichen Itza relied on a series of sinkhole wells for drinking water. The Sagrado Cenote, with its steep walls, is about 195 feet in diameter.

(CN) — Chichén Itzá is an ancient Maya city famous for its architecture — and, among other things, its reputation for human sacrifice. After Spanish conquistadors dredged the site's sacred cenote, a ...

A study of human remains deposited over 800 years at the Maya city of Chichen Itza challenges long-held assumptions about the age and gender of sacrifice victims.

The recent field work in the area, completed in 2015-16, determined that the most important habitation period of Chichen Itza was divided into three eras: that of 550 to 800, corresponding to the ...