Ix Ch'ak Ch'een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn't know her name before they ...

K’awiil is the name of a Mayan deity associated with divine lightning and royalty. Associating the god with Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ...

The history of Cobá—a Maya epicenter buried in the jungle—are coming to light, including the name of the woman who ruled over ...

Ancient hieroglyphics discovered in Mexico have revealed the identity of a long-forgotten Mayan ruler. The inscription - ...

GHOSTLY figures dressed all in white walked quietly past me on a dark street – hundreds of them, each with a single flame ...

The restaurants and hotels along the Riviera Maya’s golden mile in Mexico have a few visitors, but nothing is crowded. It’s ...

Ix Ch'ak Ch'een joins a distinguished roster of known Maya queens including Yohl Ik'nal of Palenque, who ruled in the late 6th century, and Lady K'abel of El Peru-Waka', who held the title of kaloomte ...

A new monument in Cobá, Mexico, has revealed the identity of a powerful female ruler from the turbulent 6th-century Maya ...

Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year.

The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the ...

Locals called it the “Corral de Piedra” or the “Ciudad Antigua,” the set of abandoned structures dotting a hillside in Guerrero, Mexico. The ruins were overgrown, yes, though not exactly hidden. Even ...

Visitor numbers at Mexico’s archaeological sites and museums have risen above pre-pandemic levels, Tourism Minister Josefina ...