Mayan ruins
Ancient Mesoamerican remains
Mayan ruins are the archaeological remains of the ancient Maya civilization, found throughout southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
These sites—pyramids, temples, palaces, and cities—date from roughly 2000 BCE to the Spanish conquest.
Major sites like Chichén Itzá, Tikal, and Palenque draw millions of visitors: We spent a week exploring the Mayan ruins in the Yucatán.
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- step pyramidTiered ancient monumental structure
- Chichen ItzaPre-Columbian archaeological site
- ancient cityOld urban center
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
stelae · carved stone · temples · sacred site · epigraphy · cenotes · Tikal · excavation · lost civilization · ball courts · blood sacrifice · obsidian blade · cosmology · Tulum · astronomy · calendar systems · carbon dating · palaces
- Mexican RuinsTeotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Cholula, pyramids
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- Latin America travelMachu Picchu, Cancun, Rio de Janeiro, Galapagos, Chichen Itza
- Mexico travelCancun, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta
- ruinscrumbling walls, rubble, debris, Colosseum, remnants
Mayan ruinsEuropean cathedrals
Grand historic churches abroad
Roman ruins · Greek temples · Egyptian pyramids · colonial architecture · Spanish missions