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The reef system is also part of the Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park. Tumba del Caracol, Punta Sur. The Celarain lighthouse (Faro de Celarain) sits on the Punta Sur promontory (Punta Celarain) and is part of a nautical museum. Just northeast of it is the Caracol (Tumba del Caracol), a Maya building erected during the post-classic period ...
The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.
Visitors can't reach at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites because of Mexican drug cartel violence and a land dispute, according to The Associated Press.. Mexico’s government has acknowledged ...
Archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization — in the Yucatán Peninsula region of Mesoamerica. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Archaeologists have found thousands of Maya structures and a lost city they named Valeriana in Mexico by using laser mapping technology, according to a new study.
The archaeological site of Limones is located in the community of the same name at the municipality of Bacalar in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico, near the Maya site of Chacchoben. The main pyramid of Limones is visible from the Federal Highway 307 that connects the cities of Cancun and Chetumal .
Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biósfera de Sian Kaʼan) is a biosphere reserve in Tulum Municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.It was established in 1986 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Valeriana is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche in the tropical rainforest jungle near its eastern border with the state of Quintana Roo. [1] Its discovery was announced in October 2024, and the site was named after an adjacent lake.