Yucatán state has attracted nearly 7 billion pesos in real estate projects, including plans for a Mérida Arts District.

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

Historically, the bigger threats to the rainforest — and its archaeology — have been logging and looting. Coffee was once believed to be bad for our health, but research suggests it can ...

According to The Guardian, archaeologists in Mexico just found remnants of a Mayan palace that is more than 1,000 years old in an ancient city west of Cancún. Found in Kulubá, the palace is part of a ...

Lying just off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula ... into the tropical jungle for zip-lining over the rainforest or visit long-lost Mayan ruins. Wildlife preserves and botanical gardens ...

There were also Mayan people being taken to Cuba to work as slave labor ... head of INAH for Underwater Archaeology in the Yucatán Peninsula. "We are touching the tip of the iceberg with this ...

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There are dozens of reasons to visit Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, from its white-sand ... Statues and a wall of skulls invoke the Mayan belief that cenotes are entrances to the underworld.

Each year, more than 1 million people visit Xplor, a subaquatic theme park located a few kilometers south of Playa del Carmen, a popular tourist town on the Caribbean coast of southeast Mexico.