A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, ...

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

In 2023, a Polish man was whacked with a wooden pole after scaling the stairs of Chichén Itzá. After being brought down, he was quickly surrounded by a crowd at the bottom of the steps and abused, ...

Video shows a tourist scaling the steps of Mexico's Temple of Kukulcan as thousands of visitors flocked to the site to ...

According to the Chichen Itza website, the ancient Mayans constructed the structure to measure the time of year, and when the hours of day and the hours of the night were equal in 1500 BC.

Some Long Island girls are opting for Scouting America over Girl Scouts for reasons including a focus on the outdoors.

Climbing the Mayan civilisation’s ancient pyramids is banned, both to respect the structures and from fear of damaging them. But that didn’t stop two tourists from launching themselves to the ...

Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.

However, the events do not include climbing the nearly 1,000-year-old pyramid, which was outlawed in 2006 to protect the structure. The two tourists were arrested and face potential fines under ...