the future is now
Photo byArian ZwegersMany centuries ago on the border of Belize and Guatemala, Maya people built a large city surrounded by a cultivated jungle garden that was home to around 20,000 people, which archaeologists call El Pilar. Using LiDAR laser « Continue »
Photo byglasseyes viewPrior to the coming of Christianity to Mesoamerica, its peoples also had their own creation myths, the most significant that we know of today being the Popol Vuh. The Popol Vuh is the corpus of mythological and historical « Continue »
Photo byguillenperezThe prevailing theory among archaeologists holds that prehistoric people settled down as they began to grow crops and manage livestock and then built progressively more advanced civilizations with permanent homes and large « Continue »
The site of JOYA by Cirque du Soleil – launched late last year by Grupo Vidanta and already one of Mexico’s fastest growing tourist attractions – served as the backdrop for Mexico’s government leaders to share their vision for « Continue »
The Olmec, Mayan, Incan, and Aztec civilizations are some of the greatest ancient civilizations in history, and yet we know very little about them compared to other parts of the world. Their exact relationship with the Olmecs remains unclear. So the « Continue »
Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means “Feathered serpent”. The worship of a feathered serpent is first known documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BCE or first century CE. « Continue »
Photo byChristian Frausto BernalArchaeologists believe that Coba contains thousands of structures, but only a few are accessible. You can pass ancient ball courts, temples, and other Mayan ruins while walking down roads that have existed for at least « Continue »
Photo byArian ZwegersArchaeologists have been exploring the ancient Mayan city of El Pilar in Belize for years, but only recently did they discover an unusual addition to the city: a citadel with a structure unlike that of other Mayan sites. The « Continue »
Photo byIlhuicaminaThe demise of Mexico’s enigmatic pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan stemmed from a conflict among the civilisation’s elite classes, with buildings set ablaze in the clash, according to a study. The famed pyramids of the « Continue »
For years now, I have read dozens of articles speculating where when and what a fifth theme park might be at Walt Disney World. Throughout 2014, most links I clicked on speculated that we might be seeing a Star Wars theme park, due to several « Continue »