Did she build it for war or peace? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ruthless Maya warrior queen may have ordered the building of ...

Built at the turn of the seventh century, the white plaster-coated road begins in Cobá and ends 62 miles west, at Yaxuná's ancient downtown in the center of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Courtesy of ...

BELIZE CITY — A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Maya pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities ...