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Acanceh

Acanceh is a small town located in the Mexican state of Yucatan, just 21 km from Mérida. Acanceh represents an interesting contrast – a town [...]

Aké

Aké is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Mayan. The archaeological site Aké is located in the state of Yucatán, 40 km east of Mérida, [...]

Balamku

Balamku is a small Mayan archaeological site located in the Mexican state of Campeche. Balamku is located 50 km north of the ruins of the [...]

Balankanché

Grottos of Balancanche (Grutas de Balancanché) are the most famous Maya cave sites, near Chichen Itza, in Mexico. This network of sacred caves is located [...]

Becan

Becan is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Becan is located near the center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the present-day [...]

Bonampak

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Bonampak is an archaeological site of the Mayan Culture in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Bonampak [...]

Cacaxtla

Cacaxtla is an archaeological site located near the southern border of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It was a sprawling palace containing vibrantly colored murals [...]

Calakmul

Calakmul is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region, 35 km from [...]

Cantona

Cantona ("La casa del sol") is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in Mexico. It is located at an altitude of between 2,450 and 2,600 meters above [...]

Cempoala

Cempoala or Zempoala (Nahuatl Cēmpoalātl 'Place of Twenty Waters') is an important Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the Úrsulo Galván Municipality, in the state of [...]

Chacchoben

Chacchoben is located in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula. Chacchoben stands as a testament to the rich history and architectural prowess of the ancient [...]

Chacmultun

Chacmultun is an ancient Maya site in Mexico’s Yucatan Province that dates to the late Preclassic period. “Chacmultun” means “mounds of red stone” in the [...]

Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo is an archaeological site of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica located near the small town Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It rose to prominence around 700-500 [...]

Chicanná

Chicanná was a Maya town that was built during the Classic period 600 A.D. to 830 A.D. The site was named after its most famous [...]

Chichen Itza

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Chinkultic

Chinkultic, sometimes Chincultic, is a moderate-size archeological ruin in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, some 56 km from Comitán, the nearest city. It is part [...]

Cholula

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "artificial mountain"), is a huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the [...]

Cobá

The Cobá ruins are nestled in the lush jungle of the Yucatan. Spread over a wide area, Coba was once a thriving city that served [...]

Comalcalco

Comalcalco is one of the most unique and fascinating Maya archaeological sites, located in the lush lowlands of Tabasco, Mexico. Nestled along the eastern bank [...]

Cuauhtinchan

Cuauhtinchan archeological zone (Malinalco archeological zone) is located just west of the town center on a hill called Cerro de los Idolos, which rises 215 [...]

Cuicuilco

Cuicuilco is an important archaeological site located on the southern shore of the Lake Texcoco in the southeastern Valley of Mexico, in what is today [...]

Dainzú

Dainzú is a Zapotec archaeological site on the eastern side of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, about 20 km southeast of Oaxaca City. Dainzú is [...]

Dzibanche

Dzibanche is an archaeological site of the ancient Mayas, situated in southern Quintana Roo, on the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. Dzibanche is situated 130 [...]

Dzibilchaltún

Dzibilchaltún is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán, north of Mérida. The region between Dzibilchaltún and the sea coast is less [...]

Edzná

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Edzná is a Maya archaeological site in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche. The [...]

Ek Balam

Ek Balam is located in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately 30 km north of the city of Valladolid. The site's accessibility makes it a [...]

El Cerrito

The Cerrito is an archaeological zone in Queretaro State. As a place of worship was venerated by local cultures (Chupícuaro) as well as Teotihuacan’s, Toltec, [...]

El Meco

El Meco, anciently known as Beel'maan, is an archaeological Maya site. El Meco was a major pre-Columbian Maya port city and maritime trade site on [...]

El Rey

El Rey is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Mayan culture, located in the southeast of Mexico, in the tourist resort of Cancun, in the [...]

El Tajín

El Tajin is an ancient archaeological site in the state of Veracruz. The site holds significant historical and cultural importance due to its well-preserved ruins, [...]

El Vallecito

El Vallecito is an archaeological site located in the city of La Rumorosa, in the Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Mexico. It is believed that Baja [...]

El Zapotal

El Zapotal is a Totonac culture archaeological site, located in the region known as Mixtequilla, between the Blanco and Papaloapan rivers in the Ignacio de [...]

Guachimontones

Los Guachimontones (Huachimontones) is an archaeological site near the town of Teuchitlán in Jalisco. It is the major site of the so-called Teuchitlán tradition, a [...]

Hochob

Hochob Mayan Ruins. This site is a natural hill, forming a quadrangle, whose top, almost flat, serves as the base for building a group of [...]

Hormiguero

Hormiguero is located in the state of Campeche midst the large group of ruins in the Rio Bec area. This incredible archaeological site lies in [...]

Ichkabal

Ichkabal is an ancient Maya archaeological site, located approximately 56 km southwest of the Calakmul, making it part of the wider Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, a [...]

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