Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered a previously unknown structural complex next to the ancient Maya city of Tikal. But this district didn’t belong to the Maya, as it seems a foreign power was ...

An ancient temple hidden right under archaeologists’ noses at Tikal, one of the world’s most famous Maya sites, hints at a tantalizing connection between the Guatemalan city and Teotihuacan, a ...

At Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, three giant pyramids rise above the ancient city’s main street, the Avenue of the Dead. The smallest of these is the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, which sits ...

Host David Yetman accompanies archaeologists who explain the unfolding story of Tikal. For over a thousand years the city of Tikal dominated the countryside and the region with its towering temples, ...

Editor’s Note: Nearly 200 miles north of Guatemala City, in the rainforest, lie the remains of the ancient city Tikal, the capital of one of the most powerful kingdoms of the Maya civilization. GP ...

Read about Tikal National Park in Guatemala below, then click on the main image, or here, to begin a slideshow about the region. Origin: Archaeologists believe the Maya settled the area as early as ...

At first glance, almost all of Tikal, a Mayan site in Northern Gautamela, is an ancient city buried beneath layers of jungle.

Massive stone pyramids rise above dense forest in Tikal National Park, Guatemala. The structures stand surrounded by thick jungle and silence. Warship launched for new multinational Strait of Hormuz ...

Excavations have revealed that ‘hills’ in the ruins of an ancient Maya city were something much stranger: a small-scale model of part of a mighty, far-distant metropolis 1. The Maya city of Tikal was ...