A tourist was captured on video being beaten with a stick by a bystander after climbing up a sacred temple in Mexico. The incident played out over the weekend at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site ...

A video showed the man ascending the pyramid and attempting to hide inside the structure to evade security. The site's security personnel intervened and removed the man, as some outraged visitors ...

Dogs were both revered and feared in many Mesoamerican cultures, but today, thousands of dogs live in these areas as strays ...

An angry mob in Mexico poured water on a clueless female tourist, hurled insults at her and demanded that she be locked up after she ascended the ancient Mayan pyramid and was filmed dancing on the ...

YUCATAN, Mexico -- While the sight of a dust devil might send most people running, one man chose to run directly into a dust devil at the foot of a Mayan pyramid. Footage shared to Instagram by ...

Visitors can't reach at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites because of Mexican drug cartel violence and a land dispute, according to The Associated Press. Mexico’s government has acknowledged that ...

A sprawling Maya metropolis, hidden for centuries beneath dense tropical canopy, is coming into focus as archaeologists ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites -- some of which are still being ...

YUCATAN, Mexico - A tourist was captured on video being surrounded and beaten with a stick after climbing a protected Mayan monument in Mexico. The incident happened on Jan. 29 at the archaeological ...

YUCATAN, Mexico -- While the sight of a dust devil might send most people running, one man chose to run directly into a dust devil at the foot of a Mayan pyramid. Footage shared to Instagram by ...