The Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl battled through the cotton-candy cloud, ripping at its billowing corners with razor-sharp talons. He'd been coming here for more than a thousand years, his shadow ...

MERIDA, Mexico (AP) - Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic, the punch line of ...

A 38-year-old German tourist caused outrage during the Spring Equinox celebration at Chichén Itzá by climbing the sacred Kukulkán Pyramid. On Thursday, the man evaded security and ascended the ...

Although most people naturally think of Egypt when the topic of pyramids comes up, they might be surprised to learn that Mexico, in fact, has more pyramids than that country over by the Nile River.

Tourists and archaeologists alike travel to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico to view the region's famous Mayan ruins. In fact, the ancient sites are so well-known that there's a tourism district named ...

Chichén Itzá, Mexico — At the spring and fall equinoxes, the setting sun casts serpent-like shadows along the northern stairs of El Castillo, or “the castle.” Built more than a thousand years ago by ...

In this July 27, 2016 photo,tourists sit at the midway point of the Pyramid of The Moon viewing the ancient Pyramid of the Sun, back right, at the ruins of Teotihuacan in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Ross D.