It contained multiple enclosed, connected plazas; a ball court, where the Maya played games with rubber balls; temple pyramids; and a freshwater reservoir. Valeriana is one of several lost Maya ...

It then sets in line with the pyramid’s western staircase and the nondescript Holtún well. The Maya, to calibrate their calendar, which is justly famous to this day, had to determine the days ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

We zipped away from the town of Flores at 140 knots. Off to the east were the spectacular Maya pyramids and ruins of Tikal National Park, which is now linked to Flores by road and draws between ...

Valeriana is considered second in density only to the famous Maya city of Calakmul. "We didn't just find rural areas and ...