El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections.

El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections.

Columbian cities, with an estimated population of 35,000 at its peak, Chichén Itzá flourished between the 8th and 12th centuries CE.

Footage shared to Instagram by Chicago native Maya Merriweather showed a tourist as he shuffled through the center of a dust devil which touched down at the foot of the El Castillo pyramid at ...

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is home to a rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites that predate the the Spanish. Explore its Mayan culture at the famous Chichen Itza and other sites ...

The recent field work in the area, completed in 2015-16, determined that the most important habitation period of Chichen Itza was divided into three eras: that of 550 to 800, corresponding to the ...

Espanol Turista sube al Castillo de Chichen Itza sin permiso y pobladores se indignan Imagen de archivo de turistas que visitan las ruinas de Chichén Itzá en Mérida (México). EFE/ Martha López ...

Chichen Itza, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is dominated by gray limestone that was cut by hand and moved without any wheels. Once home to 30,000 people, Chichen Itza was the last major city ...

Also known as El Castillo, the pyramid has four sides that each have 91 steps. Total them up, add the platform on top as the final step and one gets, not coincidentally, the number of days in a year.

Chichen Itza is still there -- about a two-hour drive from Cancun. So are the cenotes. But that's where the resemblance between today's Chichen Itza and my mother's memory of the Yucatan ends.