Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left their mark on ... The fusion of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the ...

The Toltec story of Chichen Itza begins with the exile of a king known as Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl from the Toltec capital of Tula Grande around 987 CE. Mayan sources also speak of this king’s ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon around it and announced fines ranging from ...