Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World Heritage site, the ruins of Palenque lie in the lush basin of the Usumacinta River in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Meanwhile, Catherwood hired an American acquaintance to make plaster casts of Palenque’s primary monuments. However, this effort was halted by the protest of three Palencanos who felt their ancestral ...

A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period, Palenque was at its height between AD 500 and 700, when its influence extended throughout the basin of the Usumacinta River. The elegance ...

Lakam Ha is the Maya name of Palenque (pronounced pa-lan-kay), one of the best Mayan Ruins in Mexico. Located deep in the ...

The discoveries of the deposits of houses B and E revealed “the majority exploitation of fish, one of the least studied animal groups in Mayan zooarchaeology”. The information was released in ...

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

Palenque and Comalcalco. In addition to its memorable artifacts, Museo Maya de Cancún's architecture proves impressive. It boasts floor-to-ceiling, hurricane-resistant glass windows – a ...

Yax Mutal' was one of the most powerful cities of the ancient Maya. You are now standing in Palenque, which the ancient Mayas called 'big water' or 'Lakamha'. It’s smaller than Tikal and ...

Finish by catching the 20-minute bus to the Zapotec ruins of Monte Albán ... is the largest pyramid at the ancient Maya site of Palenque. It’s not only rare animals that prowl Chiapas ...