Thanks to the power of remote sensing lasers, scientists in Mexico have achieved vivid new insights into how people lived during the ancient Mayan empire’s powerful Kanu’l or Snake dynasty, from about ...

One of the most important cities of Mayan civilization, Calakmul was once home to more than 50,000 inhabitants. Its golden age was in the Classic period (A.D. 250-900), when it battled for dominance ...

Calakmul in Campeche, Mexico was once a major center of the Maya civilization. The city contained large pyramids, temples, ...

The construction of a hotel in Mexico’s Calakmul Biosphere Reserve took many residents by surprise when bulldozers started clearing the forest in January. The hotel is part of the Tren Maya project, a ...