From seat 7A, I look down to see miles of dense rain forest blanketing the ground below me. I'm 10,000 feet above the Mexican state of Chiapas, coming in for a landing at Palenque, where an ancient ...

Palenque was the Maya site I most highly anticipated visiting, and it did not disappoint. The ruins and pyramids, surrounded by a verdant jungle of cedar, mahogany and sapodilla trees, have a ...

The ancient city of Palenque in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, was among the most powerful Maya cities in the Classic Period of Maya civilization (250 CE – 900 CE), alongside Tikal in modern-day ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. This still, green jungle is awe-inspiring and vaguely terrifying. There's a temptation to walk ...

The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back as far as 2000BC, with many of their impressive constructions still standing in the ...

The Mayans were a civilisation famous for their mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back as far as 2000BC, with many of these constructions still standing in the jungles of southeast Mexico ...