The sun is setting deep in the Guatemalan jungle, soon to sink behind a green, quilted canopy – and I’ve got the best seat in ...

Temples are often seen as sanctuaries of peace, devotion, and spiritual refuge—places where the faithful gather to pray, ...

Tikal, Temple I Courtesy of Flickr user ... for unknown reasons, the Mayans abandoned the city in A.D. 900. Enveloped by jungle, it would not be rediscovered until 1848. Since then, only 15 ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

The enormous city-state of Tikal, whose towering temples still stand in the jungle, battled for centuries ... 100 B.C. and A.D. 750. But it was abandoned before the rise of the Aztecs in the ...