On Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza. Its history reaches back over a thousand years, but it stands in ruins now, long abandoned. That does nothing to reduce the ...

Archaeologists are attempting to find out if there is more to the 1000-year-old structure than meets the eye, with a hi-tech survey of the World Heritage site. National Geographic reports the team of ...

It is a towering testament to a long dead civilisation and has fascinated archaeologists for more than 150 years, but one of the most famous Mayan pyramids has been hiding a secret beneath its mighty ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Archaeologists have discovered what may be the original structure built at the pyramid of Kukulkan at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, experts said Wednesday. Last year, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Occurred on August 24, 2025 / Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico Info from Licensor: "When you clap at the base of the Kukulkan Temple, the sound bounces off the pyramid’s steps and comes back as the call ...

A tourist was berated by an angry crowd and hit with a stick after climbing the steps of the Mayan Temple of Kukulcán pyramid in Chichén Itzá over the weekend. The unnamed Polish man incited outrage ...

A Polish tourist was hit in the head with a stick and yelled at after walking up the steps of the Mayan pyramid in Chichén Itzá, according to the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of ...

This lost Mayan city is a site of astronomical genius and ancient secrets. Of all the Mayan wonders hidden within Mexico's jungles, none is more well-known than Chichen Itza. Easily the best restored ...

Archaeologists believe they have found a new passage into the never-before-seen bowels of a Mayan temple, from a nearby burial room, Mexican newspaper El Universal reports. The passageway begins in ...