Tulum – México – Turquoise colored Sea and Temple Ruins
Tulum is a small but fast growing village 2 hours south of Cancun at the Riviera Maya on the Yucatán Peninsula in México. The main village with it’s 15000 inhabitants is about 2 km...
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The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest – 2nd Edition
What I missed in all my travels through the world of the Maya, was a book that concisely explained where the interesting Mayan ruins are located, how to get there, a short guide...
Palenque – Misty and Mystic
High temperatures and humidity will accompany you when you go for a visit to the ancient Maya town Palenque. The ruins of this town were covered by jungle for more than 1000 years. When the archaeologist...
The Ancient Maya – Sharer & Traxler – 6th Edition – Stanford University Press – 2006
This article about the book The Ancient Maya by Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler, is the first one of a series of articles about Maya books that I plan to publish during...
Getting around Chiapas – Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan
The Exotic Route – Gulf Coast and Chiapas I call this second part of the travel “the exotic route” because from here on we are leaving the main tourist areas. Except of Edzna, our...
Mayapan – last big town of the ancient Maya in Yucatán
Mayapan is a historic site of the Maya in the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is considered to be the last big Mayan town in the history of ancient Mayan civilization. Mayapan was...
Yaxhá – Pyramids, Temples, a Lake and the Jungle
Yaxhá means “blue-green water” in the language of the Maya. This ancient city of the Maya culture can be found in the lowlands of Guatemala in the state of Petén. The border to the...
Ek Balam – The Black Jaguar – Riviera Maya
Ek Balam in the Mayan language means “Black Jaguar”. It was a city of the ancient Maya in the Mexican state Yucatán around 30 km north of Valladolid and 150 km west of Cancun....
Cozumel – Pilgrimage to Ixchel – San Gervasio
Ixchel was the goddess of fertility of the ancient Mayas. She was associated with several different attributes like the moon, water, child birth or the rain bow. She was one of several Jaguar Gods...
Yaxchilan – Riverside of the Rio Usumacinta
Yaxchilan is a Maya site in Chiapas in the south of México, located directly at the south bank of the Rio Usumacinta, that is todays natural frontier between Guatemala and México. The known history shows...