Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...
Encircled by thick jungle, Palenque is one of the most impressive and mysterious of all Mexico’s ancient Maya sites. Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World ...
The Maya civilisation began long ago in a place called Mesoamerica. This huge area is made up of Mexico and part of Central ... even built their cities as a map of the sky! They were also inspired ...
This is a great, great piece of infrastructure." Amlo, meanwhile, sees the Tren Maya as part of a wider vision to revive Mexico's once-great train services. As part of his grand plan, some 20 ...
“We’ve never had anything like this in Mexico.” López Obrador inaugurated the train project in 2018, a few weeks after he took office. As incense burned at a ceremony led by Maya ...