runs deep in Cayo, and I saw signs of it everywhere I went. One morning I paddled the Macal River, a meandering waterway the Maya navigated by canoe. I wandered the ruins at Xunantunich ...

And speaking of adventures—don’t stress about arranging those day trips to Caracol or the ... revered by the ancient Maya, or even a day trip to the magnificent ruins of Tikal.

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.