Archaeological Sites

Discover Mexico’s incredible archaeological sites with detailed guides to ancient ruins and historical landmarks. Each page covers the site’s history, significance, main structures, visitor information, and tips on how to get there. Interactive maps and practical advice make exploring Mexico’s rich pre-Hispanic heritage easier than ever.

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Ixcateopan

Ixcateopan is an archaeological site located in the town and municipality of Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, 36 kilometers from Taxco, in the isolated and rugged mountains [...]

Kabah

Kabah (also spelled Kabaah, Kabáh, Kahbah and Kaba) is a Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of western Yucatan, south of Mérida. Kabah is [...]

Kinichna

Kinichna, Quintana Roo, a Mayan ruin near the Rio Bec Region. It actually is located closer to Kohunlich so it should be visited if you [...]

Kohunlich

Hidden in the lush jungles of southern Quintana Roo, Kohunlich is a remarkable ancient Maya city known for its serene setting and iconic Temple of [...]

Kulubá

Kulubá is an ancient Maya civilization city and archeological site in Mexico. Kulubá ruins are located in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, 37 km southeast [...]

La Ferrería

La Ferrería is an archaeological site located 7 kilometers south of the City of Durango, in the state of Durango, México, at the “Cerro de [...]

La Quemada

La Quemada is an archeological site, also known (according to different versions) as Chicomóztoc. It is located in the Villanueva Municipality, in the state of [...]

La Venta

La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization. Its lush environment, strategic location, and historical significance make it a key destination for [...]

Labna

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Labna is an archaeological site and ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The site is [...]

Lambityeco

Lambityeco is a small archaeological site just about 3 kilometers west of the Tlacolula city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located just [...]

Loltún Cave

Loltun Cave is a cave in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately 5 km south of Oxkutzcab. The Loltun Cave contains paintings attributed to the [...]

Mayapan

Mayapan is a pre-Columbian maya site approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. Mayapan was the political and cultural capital [...]

Mitla

Mitla is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site [...]

Monte Alban

Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km west of Oaxaca City. The site is [...]

Mulchic

Mulchic is an archaeological site belonging to the Mayan culture in the so-called Puuc region (or Puuc Valley), located in the south of the state [...]

Muyil

Muyil (also known as Chunyaxché) was one of the earliest and longest-inhabited ancient Maya sites on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Muyil is [...]

Palenque

Palenque is famous for the ruins of a Mayan city dating from about 600 AD to 800 AD. Set amidst thick trees, Palenque still evokes [...]

Paquimé

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Paquime or Casas Grandes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The complex Casas Grandes ("Great Houses"), [...]

Quiahuiztlan

Quiahuiztlán is an archaeological zone of the ancient Totonac city in the State of Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in the municipality of Actopan on [...]

Rio Bec

Rio Bec is an interesting pre-Columbian Mayan archaeological site within the exuberant jungle of the Rio Bec region, and in one of the most important [...]

Sayil

Sayil is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán, in the southwest of the state, south of Uxmal. It was incorporated together [...]

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Tamtoc

Tamtoc, Tamtok or Tamohí (Téenek for "place of the water clouds") is an archaeological site of the Huastec culture, located in the municipality of Tamuín [...]

Tehuacalco

Tehuacalco is an archeological site located near the city of Chilpancingo in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Tehuacalco was the first archeological site associated with [...]

Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor ("Main Temple") was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. [...]

Teopantecuanitlan

Teopantecuanitlan is an archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero that represents an unexpectedly early development of complex society for the region. The site [...]

Teotenango

Teotenango was in important pre-Hispanic fortified city located in the southern part of the Valley of Toluca. It was initially founded during the last stages [...]

Teotihuacan

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Teotihuacán is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a subvalley of the Valley of Mexico, 40 [...]

Tlatelolco

Tlatelolco is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, Mexico where remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of the same name have been found. It is [...]

Toniná

Tonina is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 [...]

Tula

Tula is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center that reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire between the [...]

Tulum Ruins

Tulum is the archaeological site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city serving as a major port. The ruins are situated on 12-meter tall cliffs along [...]

Tzintzuntzán

Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means [...]

Uxmal

Uxmal is an ancient Maya city of the classical period in present-day Mexico. Uxmal is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya [...]

Valeriana

Valeriana is a Mayan archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, in a tropical rainforest jungle near the border with Quintana Roo. Its discovery [...]

Xaman-Há

Tucked away in Playa del Carmen, Xaman-Há is a small but significant archaeological site often overlooked by tourists. Just a short walk from the beach [...]

Xcambó

Xcambó means “Place of the Maiden” or “Place of the Waning Moon”. This site is located just 2 km south from San Bruno, on the [...]