Terry RichardOne of the large pyramids at Calakmul Mayan ruins deep in the Mexican jungle. Terry RichardThe bed with mosquito netting in my room at Hotel Puerta Calakmul.One of the more recent ...

Calakmul Mayan Ruins is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with two very large pyramids you can climb. The largest structure, ...

Well, in Campeche, Mexico, we found such a place, the once mighty city of Calakmul, set deep in the jungle of the Mayan lowlands of Mexico. When you think of Mexican Mayan ruins, what comes to mind?

While there is little debate that the Mayans had an amazing knowledge of numbers and astronomy, many of us hope their calculations regarding December 2012 being the end of the world are a bit off.

Not many tourists know about this spot, so get there before the secret is out. Photo / 123RF Visiting these little-known Mayan ruins is like having a private tour of one of the world's most ...

Well, in Campeche, Mexico, we found such a place, the once mighty city of Calakmul, set deep in the jungle of the Mayan lowlands of Mexico. When you think of Mexican Mayan ruins, what comes to mind?

Calakmul, in southern Mexico just 22 miles (35 kilometers) from the Guatemala border, was among the most powerful kingdoms of the Mayan Classic period from 250-900 AD, with more than a million ...

While there is little debate that the Mayans had an amazing knowledge of numbers and astronomy, many of us hope their calculations regarding December 2012 being the end of the world are a bit off.

Signs were written in Spanish, a Mayan dialect and English, so there was no need for a tour guide to distract from the solitude.At Calakmul, a proliferation of ruins remain unexcavated and hidden by ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The southern Mexico Mayan ruins of Calakmul have become the country's first site to receive the "mixed" World Heritage designation from the United Nations. The designation ...

CALAKMUL, Mexico—Mexican ... There’s a Starbucks a few hundred feet from the Mayan archaeological site on the beach. ... one of the most culturally important Maya ruins in Mexico.

While there is little debate that the Mayans had an amazing knowledge of numbers and astronomy, many of us hope their calculations regarding December 2012 being the end of the world are a bit off.