You join a long line at the ticket turnstile, run the gauntlet past aggressive souvenir vendors, then emerge into a clearing to see … thousands of other tourists gathered around the Mexican ruins.

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 ...

During the 7th and 8th centuries, Mesoamerica saw an endless game of thrones, with the empires in Tikal and Calakmul fighting for dominance.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Heard about the end of the world in December 2012 as predicted by the Mayans? The members and editors of online travel consultants VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have ...

CALAKMUL, Mexico—Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has an ambitious plan to generate income for the mostly poor and indigenous communities of the Yucatán peninsula: a $6.5 billion, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The southern Mexico Mayan ruins of Calakmul have become the country’s first site to receive the “mixed” World Heritage designation from the United Nations. The designation cites ...

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 ...

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves doesn’t drive away what he's trying to find in this dense forest of seeded breadnut and sapodilla ...

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves doesn't drive away what he's trying to find in this dense forest of seeded breadnut and sapodilla ...