The Maya civilization suffered multiple severe droughts in the final centuries of their society, including one that lasted 13 ...

Chichen Itza was an important commercial center and city for the Mayan people. It’s believed that over 50,000 people lived there at the height of the Mayan’s civilization.

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for Chichen Itza, a World Heritage site in Mexico, from National Geographic.

Criterion (iii): Chichen-Itza is the most important archaeological vestige of the Maya-Toltec civilization in Yucatan (10th-15th centuries). Integrity From its abandonment during the 15th century, ...

The first of these droughts began in 894. It was followed by a year with normal rainfall, then another five consecutive years ...

Like Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltún’s design was inspired by the planets and stars. On the spring and fall equinoxes, the sun falls in a perfect line down the sacbe.

The ruins of Chichen Itza in eastern Mexico were built about 1,200 years ago.

Archaeologists announced this week that they had discovered an extraordinary trove of well-preserved Maya artifacts under the ancient city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The ...

Like Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltún’s design was inspired by the planets and stars. On the spring and fall equinoxes, the sun falls in a perfect line down the sacbe.

Like Chichen Itza, Dzibilchaltún’s design was inspired by the planets and stars. On the spring and fall equinoxes, the sun falls in a perfect line down the sacbe.