Maya Culture
Yucatan Projects the Maya World to Global Travelers with New Tourism Fair
Yucatan launches an international tourism fair showcasing Maya cultural heritage with participation from multiple countries.
Maya Culture
Yucatan
What the Tren Maya Could Destroy Before Anyone Sees It
Two calcified skulls shattered by tourist-dropped cameras. A cave sealed for 1,000 years and opened to reveal 200 untouched artifacts. 137 children’s handprints in red and black, a coming-of-age ritual from the age of drought. The Yucatán’s cave paintings are an archive in crisis.
Quintana Roo
The Cenotes Nobody Visits: Quintana Roo's Undocumented Sacred Sites
Thousands of cenotes lie undocumented beneath Quintana Roo's jungle, deliberately kept off every map by Maya communities who understand that the fastest way to destroy a sacred site is to tell people where it is.
History
The Sharpest Thing on Earth Came From a Mexican Volcano
Volcanic glass from Mexico was sharper than any surgical steel — and the Maya used it for surgery, sacrifice, and scrying into the spirit world. The sharpest material on Earth isn’t made in a lab.