Archaeological Maya site of Yaxchilan in the jungle of Chiapas, Mexico, North America

View of tourists and Mayan Temple ruins overlooking the sea, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Yucatan Peninsula, Riviera Maya, Mexico, North America

Mayan ruins, Xunantunich, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Gran Plaza and Temple I, Mayan archaeological site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Mayan Ruins, The Palace, Puuc Style, Chacmultun Archaeological Zone, Chacmultan, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Yucatec-Maya archaeological site, Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Yucatec-Maya archaeological site, Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Archaeological Maya site of Yaxchilan in the jungle of Chiapas, Mexico, North America

Detail, Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Plaza A Temple, Mayan ruins, Caracol, Belize, Central America

Plaza A Temple, Mayan ruins, Caracol, Belize, Central America

The Great Plaza, part of the Copan Ruins, a Mayan archaeological site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Copan, Honduras, Central America

Ancient Maya archaeological site of Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

Pre-Columbian Mayan walled city of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Mayan Ruins, The Palace, Puuc Style, Chacmultun Archaeological Zone, Chacmultan, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayan Ruins, The Palace, Puuc Style, Chacmultun Archaeological Zone, Chacmultan, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Ancient Maya archaeological site of Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

View of Mayan Temple ruins overlooking the sea, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Yucatan Peninsula, Riviera Maya, Mexico, North America

Temple III, Mayan archaeological site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Mayan Ruins of Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

The archaeological Maya site of Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

The Maya ruins of Palenque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

Temple II, Mayan archaeological site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Eastern facade, Xunantunich, Belize, Central America

View from 130ft high El Castillo at the Mayan ruins at Xunantunich, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Temple II and Grand Plaza, Mayan archaeological site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

High Temple (Structure N10-43), the highest temple at the Mayan site of Lamanai, Lamanai, Belize, Central America

Ball Court, in the archaeological site of the Maya civilization, at Copan Ruins UNESCO World Heritage Site, Copan, Honduras, Central America

The Stelae P carving at Copan Ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Copan, Honduras, Central America

Yucatec-Maya archaeological site, Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Yucatec-Maya archaeological site, Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayan archaeological site, Tulum, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Mayan ruins, Xunantunich, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Temple II and Northern Acropolis, Mayan archaeological site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

The archaeological Maya site of Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

The archaeological Maya site of Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Aerial of the archaeological Maya site of Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Steps to the Oval Palace, Mayan ruins, Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Two men excavating beside the Main Court Stela in the Mayan ruins at Copan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honduras, Central America

Mayan ruins of Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, North America

Stelae in foreground, North Acropolis, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Temple of the Great Jaguar in the Grand Plaza, Mayan ruins, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peten, Guatemala, Central America

Temple of the Great Jaguar in the Grand Plaza, Mayan ruins, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peten, Guatemala, Central America

Frieze on the 130ft high El Castillo, Xunantunich Ruins, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Frieze on the 130ft high El Castillo, Xunantunich Ruins, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

Plaza A, Structure A6 (Temple of the Wooden Lintel), one of the oldest buildings in Caracol, Caracol ruins, Belize, Central America

Ball Court dating from AD 731, Central Plaza, Copan Ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honduras, Central America

Archaeologists at work Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Workers maintaining stonework at The Nunnery (Edificio de las Monjas), Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Archaeologists at work, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Close-up of Stele E, Mayan ruins, Quirigua, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

North Acropolis, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Surveyor at work, Temple of Panels (Templo de los Tableros Esculpidos), Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Workers maintaining stonework Eagles and Jaguars platform, Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Line of people waiting to enter, at Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Temple II, Great Plaza, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

North Acropolis, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Mayapan, former Mayan capital after fall of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Stela B dating from AD 731, The Great Plaza, Copan Ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honduras, Central America

Temple of Masonry Altars, Altun Ha, Belize, Central America

Mayan skull and Rosalila temple replica, Museum of Sculpture, Copan Ruins, Honduras, Central America

Mayan Rosalila temple replica, Museum of Sculpture, Copan Ruins, Honduras, Central America

Temple I, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peten, Guatemala, Central America

The group of a thousand columns Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Tourists on the 130ft high El Castillo, Xunantunich Ruins, San Ignacio, Belize, Central America

The Arch, Kabah Archaeological Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayapan, former Mayan capital after fall of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Stone Glyphs in front of the Palace of Masks, Kabah Archaeological Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayan ruins, Quirigua, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Tourists visiting the Mayan ruins of Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, North America

Mayapan, former Mayan capital after fall of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Caana (Sky Place), Caracol, Belize, Central America

The Palace, Puuc Mayan site of Sayil near Uxmal, Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayan ruins of Uxmal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

The Great Plaza, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peten, Guatemala, Central America

Old Maya ruins, Punta Sur Park, Isla de Cozumel (Cozumel Island), Cozumel, off the Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Honduras stone head at copan mayan ruins

Honduras stone head at copan mayan ruins

Pyramid of the Magicians, Uxmal Mayan ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mexico, North America

View across the Tierras Bajas rainforest from the top of the Calakmul Mayan ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campeche state, southern Mexico, North America

Honduras stone head at copan mayan ruins

Guatemala mayan ruins attika

Aerial views of El Castillo and the Ruins of the Mayan temple grounds at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12 meter 39 ft tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society, and eventually causing the city to be abandoned.

Estructura 8I-13 El Castillo at Chunyaxche Muyil Maya ruins, rainforest near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Tikal Pyramid ruins (UNESCO site), Guatemala. Great Jaguar Temple (Temple I) Pre-Columbian Maya Site at Tikal, El Peten National Park, Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

El Palacio, The Palace, Kabah Archaeological Site, Kabah, near Uxmal, Yucatan State, Mexico

El Castillo, Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichen Itza Archaeological Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

El Castillo, Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichen Itza Archaeological Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Piramide del Adivino, Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal Archaeological Site, Uxmal, Yucatan State, Mexico

Group of the Thousand Columns, Chichen Itza Archaeological Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Aerial view of Mayan Ruin of Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

Local Girl in Tikal Pyramid ruins (UNESCO site), Guatemala. Great Jaguar Temple (Temple I) Pre-Columbian Maya Site at Tikal, El Peten National Park, Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

El Castillo, The Pyramid of Kukulkán, is the Most Popular Building in the UNESCO Mayan Ruin of Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico. Asian tour leder dressed in a maya style.

Piramide del Adivino, Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal Archaeological Site, Uxmal, Yucatan State, Mexico

The Great Ball Court in the Mayan Ruins of Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

Aerial views of El Castillo and the Ruins of the Mayan temple grounds at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12 meter 39 ft tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society, and eventually causing the city to be abandoned.

Aerial view of Mayan Ruin of Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

Stony stairs of tomb of the High Priest pyramid at Chichen Itza Archaeological Site in Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

The Church and Nunnery at Chichen Itza Archaeological Site in Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

El Castillo, The Pyramid of Kukulkán, is the Most Popular Building in the UNESCO Mayan Ruin of Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico